Apparatus and method for channel encoding/decoding in communication or broadcasting system

ABSTRACT

A method for channel encoding in a communication or broadcasting system is provided. The method includes determining a block size Z, and performing encoding based on the block size and a first matrix corresponding to the block size, wherein the first matrix is determined based on information and a plurality of second matrices, and wherein a part of a column index indicating a position of a non-zero element in each row of the information includes an index according to mathematical expression 22 above.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is a continuation application of prior application Ser.No. 15/941,559, filed on Mar. 30, 2018, which will be issued as U.S.Pat. No. 10,484,134 on Nov. 19, 2019, and claimed priority under 35U.S.C. § 119(a) of a Korean patent application number 10-2017-0041138,filed on Mar. 30, 2017, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, andof a Korean patent application number 10-2017-0057066, filed on May 4,2017, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, and of a Korean patentapplication number 10-2017-0069480, filed on Jun. 5, 2017, in the KoreanIntellectual Property Office, and of a Korean patent application number10-2017-0072810, filed on Jun. 9, 2017, in the Korean IntellectualProperty Office, and of a Korean patent application number10-2017-0072821, filed on Jun. 10, 2017, in the Korean IntellectualProperty Office, and of a Korean patent application number10-2017-0073157, filed on Jun. 12, 2017, in the Korean IntellectualProperty Office, the disclosure of each of which is incorporated byreference herein in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for channelencoding/decoding in a communication or broadcasting system. Moreparticularly, the disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for alow density parity check (LDPC) encoding/decoding capable of supportingvarious input lengths and coding rates.

BACKGROUND

To meet the demand for wireless data traffic having increased sincedeployment of fourth generation (4G) communication systems, efforts havebeen made to develop an improved fifth generation (5G) or pre-5Gcommunication system. Therefore, the 5G or pre-5G communication systemis also called a ‘Beyond 4G Network’ or a ‘Post long term evolution(LTE) System’.

The 5G communication system is considered to be implemented in higherfrequency millimeter wave (mmWave) bands, e.g., 60 GHz bands, so as toaccomplish higher data rates. To decrease propagation loss of the radiowaves and increase the transmission distance, the beamforming, massivemultiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), full dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO),array antenna, an analog beam forming, large scale antenna techniquesare discussed in 5G communication systems.

In addition, in 5G communication systems, development for system networkimprovement is under way based on advanced small cells, cloud radioaccess networks (RANs), ultra-dense networks, device-to-device (D2D)communication, wireless backhaul, moving network, cooperativecommunication, coordinated multi-points (CoMP), reception-endinterference cancellation and the like.

In the 5G system, Hybrid FSK and QAM modulation (FQAM) and slidingwindow superposition coding (SWSC) as an advanced coding modulation(ACM), and filter bank multi carrier (FBMC), non-orthogonal multipleaccess (NOMA), and sparse code multiple access (SCMA) as an advancedaccess technology have been developed. In a communication orbroadcasting system, link performance may be considerably deteriorateddue to various kinds of channel noise, fading phenomenon, andinter-symbol interference (ISI). Accordingly, in order to implementhigh-speed digital communication or broadcasting systems requiring highdata throughput and reliability, such as next-generation mobilecommunication, digital broadcasting, and portable Internet, it isrequired to develop a technology capable of overcoming the noise,fading, and inter-symbol interference. Recently, as a part of studies toovercome the noise and the like, researches for an error-correcting codehave been actively made as a method for heightening communicationreliability through efficient restoration of information distortion.

The above information is presented as background information only toassist with an understanding of the disclosure. No determination hasbeen made, and no assertion is made, as to whether any of the abovemight be applicable as prior art with regard to the disclosure.

SUMMARY

Aspects of the disclosure are to address at least the above-mentionedproblems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantagesdescribed below. Accordingly, an aspect of the disclosure is to providean apparatus and a method for a low density parity check (LDPC)encoding/decoding capable of supporting various input lengths and codingrates.

Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide a method for designing anelementary matrix of a parity check matrix of an LDPC code supportingvery high decoder throughput.

Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide a method for designing aparity check matrix from an elementary matrix of a designed parity checkmatrix.

Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide an apparatus and a methodfor LDPC encoding/decoding supporting various codeword lengths from adesigned parity check matrix.

In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, a method for channelencoding in a communication or broadcasting system is provided. Themethod includes determining a block size Z, and performing encodingbased on the block size and a first matrix corresponding to the blocksize, wherein the first matrix is determined based on information and aplurality of second matrices, and wherein a part of a column indexindicating a position of a non-zero element in each row of theinformation includes an index according to mathematical expression 22below.

In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a method forchannel decoding in a communication or broadcasting system is provided.The method includes determining a block size Z, and performing decodingbased on the block size and a first matrix corresponding to the blocksize, wherein the first matrix is determined based on information and aplurality of second matrices, and wherein a part of a column indexindicating a position of a non-zero element in each row of theinformation includes an index according to mathematical expression 22below.

In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, an apparatus forchannel encoding in a communication or broadcasting system is provided.The apparatus includes a transceiver, and at least one processorconfigured to determine a block size Z and to perform encoding based onthe block size and a first matrix corresponding to the block size,wherein the first matrix is determined based on information and aplurality of second matrices, and wherein a part of a column indexindicating a position of a non-zero element in each row of theinformation includes an index according to mathematical expression 22below.

In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, an apparatus forchannel decoding in a communication or broadcasting system is provided.The apparatus includes a transceiver, and at least one processorconfigured to determine a block size Z and to perform decoding based onthe block size and a first matrix corresponding to the block size,wherein the first matrix is determined based on information and aplurality of second matrices, and a part of a column index indicating aposition of a non-zero element in each row of the information includesan index according to mathematical expression 22 below.

In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a method forgenerating an LDPC code in a communication or broadcasting system isprovided. The method includes a weight distribution of an elementarymatrix satisfying a balancing condition.

In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a method forgenerating an LDPC code in a communication or broadcasting system isprovided. The method includes a weight distribution of an elementarymatrix satisfying a partial windowing-orthogonal condition.

In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a method forchannel decoding in a communication or broadcasting system is provided.The method includes determining a block size of a parity check matrix,and reading out a sequence for generating the parity check matrix inwhich a weight distribution is strongly balanced. The method furtherincludes converting the sequence by applying an operation to thesequence.

According to an aspect of the disclosure, the LDPC code can be supportedwith respect to a variable length and a variable rate.

Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the disclosure willbecome apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detaileddescription, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings,discloses various embodiments of the disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certainembodiments of the disclosure will be more apparent from the followingdescription taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a systematic low densityparity check (LDPC) codeword according to an embodiment of thedisclosure;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a graph expression method of an LDPCcode according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a structure of a parity check matrix of an LDPCcode according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIGS. 4A, 4B, and 4C are diagrams of an exponential matrix according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an elementary matrix according to an embodimentof the disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a diagram of scheduling to perform LDPC decoding using twoblock parallel processors with respect to a parity check matrix havingthe elementary matrix of FIG. 5 according to an embodiment of thedisclosure;

FIG. 7 is a diagram of an elementary matrix according to an embodimentof the disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a diagram of scheduling to perform LDPC decoding using twoblock parallel processors with respect to a parity check matrix havingthe elementary matrix of FIG. 7 according to an embodiment of thedisclosure;

FIGS. 9A, 9B, and 9C are diagrams of an exponential matrix according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of atransmitting/receiving device according to an embodiment of thedisclosure;

FIG. 11A is a diagram illustrating a structure of a decoding deviceaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 11B is a diagram illustrating a structure of an encoding deviceaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmission blockaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIGS. 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D, 13E, 13F, 13G, 13H and 13I are diagrams ofother elementary matrices according to various embodiments of thedisclosure;

FIGS. 14A, 14B, 14C, 14D, 14E, 14F, 14G, 14H, and 14I are diagrams ofother exponential matrices according to various embodiments of thedisclosure;

FIGS. 15A, 15B, and 15C are diagrams of other elementary matricesaccording to various embodiments of the disclosure;

FIGS. 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, and 16E are diagrams of other elementarymatrices according to various embodiments of the disclosure;

FIGS. 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, and 17E are diagrams of other elementarymatrices according to various embodiments of the disclosure;

FIGS. 18A, 18B, 18C, 18D, and 18E are diagrams of other elementarymatrices according to various embodiments of the disclosure;

FIGS. 19A, 19B, 19C, 19D, and 19E are diagrams of other exponentialmatrices according to various embodiments of the disclosure;

FIGS. 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, and 20E are diagrams of other exponentialmatrices according to various embodiments of the disclosure;

FIGS. 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E, 21F, 21G, 21H, 21I, and 21J are diagramsof other elementary matrices according to various embodiments of thedisclosure;

FIGS. 22A, 22B, 22C, and 22D are diagrams of other exponential matricesaccording to various embodiments of the disclosure;

FIGS. 23A, 23B, 23C, and 23D are diagrams of other exponential matricesaccording to various embodiments of the disclosure; and

FIGS. 24A, 24B, 24C, and 24D are diagrams of other elementary matricesaccording to various embodiments of the disclosure.

Throughout the drawings, like reference numerals will be understood torefer to like parts, components, and structures.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings isprovided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of variousembodiments of the disclosure as defined by the claims and theirequivalents. It includes various specific details to assist in thatunderstanding but these are to be regarded as merely exemplary.Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize thatvarious changes and modifications of the various embodiments describedherein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of thedisclosure. In addition, descriptions of well-known functions andconstructions may be omitted for clarity and conciseness.

The terms and words used in the following description and claims are notlimited to the bibliographical meanings, but, are merely used by theinventor to enable a clear and consistent understanding of thedisclosure. Accordingly, it should be apparent to those skilled in theart that the following description of various embodiments of thedisclosure is provided for illustration purpose only and not for thepurpose of limiting the disclosure as defined by the appended claims andtheir equivalents.

It is to be understood that the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the”include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.Thus, for example, reference to “a component surface” includes referenceto one or more of such surfaces.

By the term “substantially” it is meant that the recited characteristic,parameter, or value need not be achieved exactly, but that deviations orvariations, including for example, tolerances, measurement error,measurement accuracy limitations and other factors known to those ofskill in the art, may occur in amounts that do not preclude the effectthe characteristic was intended to provide.

A low density parity check (LDPC) code first introduced by Gallager inthe 1960's was forgotten for a long time due to its complexity thatcauses the implementation thereof to be difficult in view of thetechnical level at that time. However, in the year 1993, as a turbo codeproposed by Berrou, Glavieux, and Thitimajshima showed the performanceapproaching the channel capacity of Shannon, many researches for channelencoding based on a graph and iterative decoding were made with a lot ofanalysis made for the performance and the characteristic of the turbocode. Taking this opportunity, the LDPC code was restudied in the latterhalf of the 1990s, and it became clear that the LDPC code also had theperformance approaching the channel capacity of Shannon by performingdecoding through application of the iterative decoding based on asum-product algorithm on a Tanner graph corresponding to the LDPC code.

In general, the LDPC code is defined as a parity check matrix, and maybe expressed using a bipartite graph commonly called a Tanner graph.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a systematic LDPCcodeword according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 1, a systematic LDPC codeword will bedescribed.

Referring to FIG. 1, an LDPC code receives an input of an informationword 102 composed of K_(ldpc) bits or symbols, and generates a codeword100 composed of N_(ldpc) bits or symbols. Hereinafter, for conveniencein explanation, it is assumed that an information word 102 includingK_(ldpc) bits is input, and a codeword 100 composed of N_(ldpc) bits isgenerated. For example, if an information word I=[i₀, i₁, i₂, . . . ,i_(K) _(ldpc) ⁻¹] 102 composed of K_(ldpc) input bits is LDPC-encoded, acodeword c=[c₀, c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . , c_(N) _(ldpc) ⁻¹] 100 is generated.For example, the information word and the codeword are bit stringscomposed of a plurality of bits, and an information word bit and acodeword bit mean respective bits constituting the information word andthe codeword. If a codeword includes an information word, such as:C=[c₀, c₁, c₂, . . . , c_(N) _(ldpc) ⁻¹]=[i₀, i₁, i₂, . . . , i_(K)_(ldpc) ⁻¹, p₀, p₁, p₂, . . . , p_(N) _(ldpc) _(−K) _(ldpc) ⁻¹], it iscalled a systematic code. Here, P=[p₀, p₁, p₂, . . . , p_(N) _(ldpc)_(−K) _(ldpc) ⁻¹] is a parity bit 104, and the number of parity bitsN_(parity) may be expressed as N_(parity)=N_(ldpc)−K_(ldpc).

The LDPC code is a kind of linear block code, and includes a process ofdetermining a codeword that satisfies a condition as expressed inmathematical expression 1 below.

                        Mathematical  expression  1${H \cdot c^{T}} = {{\begin{bmatrix}h_{1} & h_{2} & {h_{3}\mspace{14mu}\cdots\mspace{14mu} h_{N_{ldpc} - 1}}\end{bmatrix} \cdot c^{T}} = {{\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{N_{ldpc}}{c_{i} \cdot h_{i}}} = 0}}$

Here, C is. c=[c₀, c₁, c₂, . . . , c_(N) _(ldpc) ⁻¹]

In the mathematical expression 1, H denotes a parity check matrix, Cdenotes a codeword, c_(i) denotes the i-th bit, and N_(ldpc)

denotes a length of an LDPC codeword. Here, h_(i) denotes the i-thcolumn of the parity check matrix H.

The parity check matrix H is composed of N_(ldpc) columns the number ofwhich is equal to the number of bits of the LDPC codeword. Since themathematical expression 1 means that the sum of multiplication of thei-th column h_(i) of the parity check matrix and the i-th codeword bitc_(i) is 0, the i-th column h_(i) is related to the i-th codeword bitc_(i).

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a graph expression method of an LDPCcode according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 2, a graph expression method of an LDPC code will bedescribed.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a parity check matrix H₁ of an LDPCcode composed of 4 rows and 8 columns and a Tanner graph illustratingthe same. Referring to FIG. 2, since the parity check matrix H₁ has 8columns, it generates a codeword having a length of 8. A code generatedthrough H₁ means an LDPC code, and each column corresponds to encoded 8bits.

Referring to FIG. 2, the Tanner graph of the LDPC code that performsencoding and decoding based on the parity check matrix H₁ is composed of8 variable nodes x₁(202), x₂(204), x₃(206), x₄(208), x₅(210), x₆(212),x₇(214), and x₈(216) and 4 check nodes 218, 220, 222, and 224. Here, thei-th column and the j-th row of the parity check matrix H₁ of the LDPCcode respectively correspond to the variable node x_(i) and the j-thcheck node. Further, the value of 1, that is, non-zero value, at a pointwhere the j-th column and the j-th row of the parity check matrix H₁ ofthe LDPC code cross each other means existence of an edge connecting thevariable node x_(i) and the j-th check node with each other on theTanner graph as shown in FIG. 2.

In the Tanner graph of the LDPC code, the degree of the variable nodeand the check node means the number of edges connected to the respectivenodes, and this number is equal to the number of non-zero entries in thecolumn or the row corresponding to the corresponding node in the paritycheck matrix of the LDPC code. For example, the degrees of the variablenodes x₁(202), x₂(204), x₃(206), x₄(208), x₅(210), x₆(212), x₇(214), andx₈(216) in FIG. 2 respectively become 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, and 2 inorder, and the degrees of the check nodes 218, 220, 222, and 224 become6, 5, 5, and 5 in order. Further, in the respective columns of theparity check matrix H₁ of FIG. 2 corresponding to the variable nodes ofFIG. 2, the number of non-zero entries coincides with theabove-described degrees 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, and 2 in order, and in therespective rows of the parity check matrix H₁ of FIG. 2 corresponding tothe check nodes of FIG. 2, the number of non-zero entries coincides withthe above-described degrees 6, 5, 5, and 5 in order.

The LDPC code can be decoded using an iterative decoding algorithm basedon the sum-product algorithm on the bipartite graph enumerated in FIG.2. Here, the sum-product algorithm is a kind of message passingalgorithm, and such a message passing algorithm is an algorithm in whichmessages are exchanged through edges on the bipartite graph, and anoutput message is calculated and updated from the messages input to thevariable nodes or the check nodes.

Here, the i-th encoding bit value can be determined based on the messageof the i-th variable node. Both hard decision and soft decision arepossible for the i-th encoding bit value. Accordingly, the performanceof ci that is the i-th bit of the LDPC codeword corresponds to theperformance of the i-th variable node of the Tanner graph, and this maybe determined in accordance with the position and the number of 1 in thei-th column of the parity check matrix. In other words, the performanceof N_(ldpc) codeword bits of the codeword may be dominated by theposition and the number of 1 of the parity check matrix, and this meansthat the performance of the LDPC code is greatly affected by the paritycheck matrix. Accordingly, in order to design the LDPC code havingsuperior performance, there is a need for a method for designing a goodparity check matrix.

For implementation of the parity check matrix used in the communicationor broadcasting system, a quasi-cycle LDPC (QC-LDPC) code generallyusing a quasi-cyclic type parity check matrix is widely used.

The QC-LDPC code is featured to have a parity check matrix composed ofzero matrices in the form of square matrices or circulant permutationmatrices. In this case, the permutation matrix indicates a matrix inwhich all entries of the square matrix are 0 or 1 and each row or columnincludes only one 1. Further, the circulant permutation matrix means amatrix in which respective entries of an identity matrix are circularlyshifted to the right.

Hereinafter, the QC-LDPC code will be described below.

First, a circulant permutation matrix P=(P_(i,j)) with L×L size isdefined as in mathematical expression 2. Here, P_(i,j) means an entry inthe i-th row and in the j-th column of the matrix P (here, 0≤i, andj<L).

$\begin{matrix}{P_{i,j} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}1 & {{{{if}\mspace{14mu} i} + 1} \equiv {j\mspace{14mu}{mod}\mspace{14mu} L}} \\0 & {{otherwise}.}\end{matrix} \right.} & {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu}{expression}\mspace{14mu} 2}\end{matrix}$

With respect to the permutation matrix P as defined above, P^(i) (0≤i<L)is a circulant permutation matrix in the form in which respectiveentries of an identity matrix with L×L size are circularly shifted inthe right direction as many as i-times.

The parity check matrix H of the simplest QC-LDPC code may be expressedin the form of mathematical expression 3 below.

$\begin{matrix}{H = \begin{bmatrix}P^{a_{11}} & P^{a_{12}} & \cdots & P^{a_{1n}} \\P^{a_{21}} & P^{a_{22}} & \cdots & P^{a_{2n}} \\\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\P^{a_{m\; 1}} & P^{a_{m\; 2}} & \cdots & P^{a_{mn}}\end{bmatrix}} & {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu}{expression}\mspace{14mu} 3}\end{matrix}$

If P⁻¹ is defined as a zero matrix with L×L size, each exponent α_(i,j)of the circulant permutation matrix or the zero matrix in themathematical expression 3 has one of {−1, 0, 1, 2, . . . , L−1} values.Further, since the parity check matrix H in the mathematical expression3 has n column blocks and m row blocks, it has an mL×nL size.

If the parity check matrix in the mathematical expression 3 has a fullrank, it is apparent that the size of information word bits of theQC-LDPC code corresponding to the parity check matrix becomes (n−m)L.For convenience, (n−m) column blocks corresponding to the informationword bits are called column blocks, and m column blocks corresponding tothe remaining parity bits are called parity column blocks.

In general, a binary matrix with m×n size obtained by respectivelyreplacing each circulant permutation matrix and zero matrix by 1 and 0in the parity check matrix of the mathematical expression 3 is called amother matrix or a base matrix M(H), and an integer matrix with m×n sizeobtained by selecting exponents of each circulant permutation matrix andzero matrix as in mathematical expression 4 is called an exponentialmatrix E(H) of the parity check matrix.

$\begin{matrix}{{E(H)} = \begin{bmatrix}a_{11} & a_{12} & \cdots & a_{1n} \\a_{21} & a_{22} & \cdots & a_{2n} \\\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\a_{m\; 1} & a_{m\; 2} & \cdots & a_{mn}\end{bmatrix}} & {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu}{expression}\mspace{14mu} 4}\end{matrix}$

As a result, one integer included in the exponential matrix correspondsto the circulant permutation matrix in the parity check matrix, and thusfor convenience, the exponential matrix may be expressed as sequencescomposed of integers (the above-described sequence may also be called anLDPC sequence or an LDPC code sequence in order to discriminate fromother sequences). In general, the parity check matrix can be expressedas not only the exponential matrix but also a sequence havingalgebraically the same characteristics. In an embodiment of thedisclosure, for convenience, the parity check matrix is expressed as theexponential matrix or the sequence indicating the position of 1 existingin the parity check matrix. However, there are various sequence notationmethods capable of discriminating the position of 1 or 0 included in theparity check matrix, and thus the parity check matrix is not limited tomethods expressed in the description, but may be expressed in varioussequence forms representing algebraically the same effects.

Further, a transceiver on a device may perform LDPC encoding anddecoding by directly generating the parity check matrix, or may performthe LDPC encoding and decoding using the exponential matrix or thesequence having algebraically the same effect as that of the paritycheck matrix in accordance with the features on implementation.Accordingly, although in an embodiment of the disclosure, theencoding/decoding using the parity check matrix has been described forconvenience, it should be considered that the encoding/decoding can beimplemented using various methods capable of obtaining the same effectas that of the parity check matrix.

For reference, algebraically the same effect means that it is possibleto explain that two or more different expressions are completely equalto each other or are convertible with each other in logics ormathematics.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, it is described that, forconvenience, one circulant permutation matrix corresponds to one block,but the disclosure can be applied to even a case where several circulantpermutation matrices are included in one block. For example, if a sum oftwo circulant permutation matrices P_(ij) ^(α) ⁽¹⁾ P_(ij) ^(α) ⁽²⁾ isincluded in one position of the i-th row block and the j-th columnblock, the exponential matrix may be expressed as in mathematicalexpression 6. In the matrix as in the mathematical expression 6, it canbe known that two integers correspond to the i-th row and the j-thcolumn corresponding to the row block and the column block including thesum of the plurality of circulant permutation matrices.

$\begin{matrix}{H = \begin{bmatrix}\ddots &  &  & ⋰ \\ & {P^{a_{ij}^{(1)}} + P^{a_{ij}^{(2)}}} &  &  \\ & \; &  &  \\⋰ &  &  & \ddots\end{bmatrix}} & {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu}{expression}\mspace{14mu} 5} \\{H = \begin{bmatrix}\ddots &  &  & ⋰ \\ & \left( {a_{ij}^{(1)},a_{ij}^{(2)}} \right) &  &  \\ & \; &  &  \\⋰ &  &  & \ddots\end{bmatrix}} & {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu}{expression}\mspace{14mu} 6}\end{matrix}$

As in the embodiment as described above, it is general that the QC-LDPCcode is featured so that a plurality of circulant permutation matricesmay correspond to one row block and one column block in the parity checkmatrix. In the disclosure, for convenience, only a case where onecirculant permutation matrix corresponds to one block will be described,but the subject matter of the disclosure is not limited thereto. Forreference, a matrix with L×L size in which a plurality of circulantpermutation matrices are duplicate in one row block and one column blockis referred to as a circulant matrix or circulant.

On the other hand, a mother matrix or a base matrix for the parity checkmatrix and the exponential matrix in the mathematical expressions 5 and6 means a binary matrix obtained by respectively replacing eachcirculant permutation matrix and zero matrix by 1 and 0 in a similarmanner to that of the definition used in the mathematical expression 3,and the sum of the plurality of circulant permutation matrices (i.e., acirculant matrix) included in one block is simply replaced by 1.

Since the performance of the LDPC code is determined in accordance withthe parity check matrix, it is necessary to design the parity checkmatrix for the LDPC code having superior performance. Further, in orderto various services in the system, an LDPC encoding or decoding methodcapable of supporting flexible input length and coding rate isnecessary. In designing the LDPC code, not only the encoding performanceand flexibility but also decoding efficiency becomes an importantfactor. In general, it is well known that the QC-LDPC code has structureadvantageous to parallel decoding, and the parallel decoding is suitableto reduce latency due to the decoding by increasing decoding throughput.The parallel decoding of the QC-LDPC code can further maximize thedecoding efficiency in accordance with the base matrix of the paritycheck matrix. In an embodiment of the disclosure, a base matrixstructure capable of maximizing the decoding efficiency is proposed, andin addition, a method for designing the base matrix is proposed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a structure of a parity check matrix of an LDPCcode according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 3, a structure of a parity check matrix as shown inFIG. 3 will be described. In FIG. 3, parts of partial matrices A and Dcorrespond to K information word bits, and remaining parts of partialmatrices B and D correspond to G first parity bits. Partial matrices Cand E correspond to (N-K-G) second parity bits. Generally, in an LDPCencoding/decoding system based on the parity check matrix having thestructure of FIG. 3, C may be configured to a zero matrix, and E may belimited to an identity matrix or a lower triangular matrix. In anembodiment of the disclosure in order to support various multi-rates ora technology requiring high flexibility, such as incremental redundancy(IR) HARQ. In an embodiment of the disclosure, for convenience inexplanation, only a case where E is an identity matrix will be describedbelow, but the subject matter of the disclosure is not limited to thecase where E is an identity matrix.

FIGS. 4A to 4C are diagrams of an exponential matrix according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to FIGS. 4A to 4C, an exponential matrix of FIG. 4A will bedescribed below. For reference, FIGS. 4B and 4C are enlarged diagramsillustrating respective parts of the exponential matrix of FIG. 4A. Eachpart of FIG. 4A corresponds to a matrix in which matrices correspondingto drawing reference numerals described on the respective parts arecombined. Accordingly, one exponential matrix as shown in FIG. 4A can beconfigured through combination of the parts of FIGS. 4B and 4C.

A base matrix for the exponential matrix of FIG. 4A is as shown in FIG.5. In the exponential matrix of FIG. 4A, an empty subblock means a zeromatrix having a size of Z×Z, and entry 0 means an identity matrix.Further, in the base matrix of FIG. 5, an empty block means that theentry is 0.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an elementary matrix according to an embodimentof the disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 5, the position of the circulant matrix in each rowblock of FIG. 4A, that is, the position of 1 in each row of FIG. 5, maybe summarized based on the column block to be exemplarily expressed asfollows (first row starts as zeroth row).

. . .

Row-6: {0, 1, 13, 16, 23, 38}

Row-7: {1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 13, 17, 21, 27, 32, 39}

Row-8: {0, 8, 15, 19, 24, 30, 35, 40}

Row-9: {0, 1, 5, 9, 14, 20, 22, 25, 41}

Row-10: {0, 1, 3, 29, 33, 37, 42}

Row-11: {1, 6, 12, 14, 20, 23, 26, 43}

. . .

In general, in case where the LDPC decoder performs decoding of the LDPCcode using one block parallel processor, the decoding is successivelyperformed in the unit of blocks corresponding to the above-describedpositions in the respective row blocks. In case of using two or moreblock parallel processors, each processor performs successive decodingin the unit of a block properly divided from the respective row blocks.In this case, the blocks divided from the respective row blocks shouldbe divided in a rule determined with respect to all the row blocks inaccordance with the hardware implementation characteristics. Forexample, it may be considered that the LDPC decoder processes schedulingthrough two block parallel processors, as shown in FIG. 6, by dividingthe circulant permutation matrices included in the respective row blocksinto circulant permutation matrices corresponding to even column blocksand circulant permutation matrices corresponding to odd column blocks.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of scheduling to perform LDPC decoding using twoblock parallel processors with respect to a parity check matrix havingthe elementary matrix of FIG. 5 according to an embodiment of thedisclosure

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of scheduling enumerating positions ofblocks corresponding to one circulant permutation matrix processed bythe respective processors in the flow order. For example, processor 0processes row-6 in the order of zeroth, 16^(th), and 38^(th) blocks, andthen processes row-7 in the order of second, fourth, 10^(th), 32^(nd),and 39^(th) blocks.

Referring to FIG. 6, in accordance with a determined rule, the firstprocessor processes only the circulant permutation matrices positionedin the even column blocks, and the second processor processes only thecirculant permutation matrices positioned in the odd column blocks.Here, it is assumed that the column blocks having the degree of 1 doesnot follow the above-described rule, and in order to minimize an idletime of the respective processors, a proper processor can selectivelyprocess the corresponding column blocks.

Even if the LDPC decoder designed in the above-described rule using twoblock parallel processors can properly arrange the blocks correspondingto the column block having the degree of 1, the idle time of a specificprocessor may become long like a case of row-10 in FIG. 6. Sinceinefficiency of such a process finally increases the overall processingtime, decoding throughput per hour is reduced, and thus this may causedecoding delay as a result. In other words, in case of normallyperforming decoding using two or more block parallel processors, it isrequired for the respective processors to divide blocks included in therespective row blocks (i.e., circulant permutation matrices) into setsas many as the number of processors through a proper rule so as to wellallocate the blocks to be processed by the respective processors.

However, it is generally difficult to divide the blocks as many as thenumber of processors through the proper rule as described above afterdesigning a base matrix for the parity check matrix of the LDPC codewithout considering the use of two or more block parallel processors. Inparticular, it is much more difficult to do so in a situation where itis not known whether the LDPC decoder is to use two, three, or fourblock parallel processors.

The disclosure proposes a method for designing a base matrix capable ofmaximizing the decoding efficiency based on the use of two or more blockparallel processors by limiting the position of the circulantpermutation matrix in the exponential matrix, that is, by limiting theposition of entry 1 in the base matrix, based on the use of a pluralityof block parallel processors.

First, if it is assumed that a base matrix to be designed is given as amatrix of FIG. 3, it may be considered that the size of A is g×k, thesize of B is g×g, the size of D is (n−k−g)×(k+g), and the size of E is(n−k−g)×(n−k−g). For convenience in explanation, in the followingembodiment of the disclosure, a case where C is a zero matrix and E isan identity matrix will be described, but basically, the method proposedin an embodiment of the disclosure is not necessary to be limitedthereto.

The main subject of the disclosure is to propose a method for designinga base matrix so that position indexes for each entry 1 of each row inthe base matrix is divided into sets in which the numbers of entries aresimilar to each other in accordance with a predetermined rule based onthe use of a plurality of block parallel processors. For convenience,such division of the position indexes for each entry 1 of each row inthe base matrix into sets in which the numbers of entries are similar toeach other in accordance with the predetermined rule is calledbalancing. In other words, the balancing means maximally uniformallocation in allocating each entry 1 for each row to two or more setsin accordance with the predetermined rule.

In this case, if a difference between the numbers of entries 1 of therow allocated to the two or more sets is equal to or smaller than 1, itis called perfect balancing, whereas if a difference between the numbersof entries 1 of the row allocated to the two or more sets is equal to orsmaller than 2, it is called weakly balancing.

In other words, the balancing means maximally uniform classification ofentries 1 of the respective rows into two or more groups in accordancewith the predetermined rule. In this case, if the difference between thenumbers of entries 1 included in the two or more groups is equal to orsmaller than 1, it is referred to as perfect balancing achieved, whereasif the difference between the numbers of entries 1 of the row allocatedto the two or more sets is equal to or smaller than 2, it is referred toas weakly balancing achieved.

Further, in other words, in expressing the balancing, the base matrixbalancing may mean that entries 1 of the respective rows may beclassified into two or more groups or sets in accordance with thepredetermined rule, and a case where the difference between the numbersof entries 1 included in the respective groups or sets or the differencebetween the numbers of their indexes is equal to or smaller than 1 maybe expressed as a base matrix satisfying the perfect balancing, whereasa case where the difference is equal to or smaller than 2 may beexpressed as a base matrix satisfying the weakly balancing.

On the other hand, in an embodiment of the disclosure, the balancinghaving different characteristics, such as perfect balancing, weaklybalancing, and strongly balancing, may be expressed using terms of firstbalancing, second balancing, and third balancing. The base matrixdesigned as above serves to reduce the idle time when the LDPC decodingis performed based on the position indexes corresponding to the respectsets using the block parallel processors the number of which correspondsto the number of sets. Here, it is apparent that the position indexescan have the numbers 0 to (n−1).

Prior to the design of the base matrix, it is assumed that the possiblenumber of block parallel processors to be used when the LDPC decoding isperformed using the parity check matrix of the LDPC code having thecorresponding base matrix corresponds to q₁, q₂, . . . , q_(p). In otherwords, it is assumed that the base matrix is designed based on all caseswhere q₁, q₂, . . . , q_(p) block parallel processors are used. If it isassumed that the LDPC decoding is performed using q_(i) (i=1, 2, . . . ,P) block processors, in order to minimize the idle time, positionindexes j₁, j₂, . . . , j_(d) of each 1 with respect to the row havingthe degree of d in the base matrix should be divided into q_(i) partialmatrices having maximally the same number of entries. This should beestablished in the same manner with respect to all rows.

Embodiments satisfying such characteristics are as follows.

First, as described in mathematical expression 7, q_(l) sets are definedwith respect to l=1, 2, . . . , P.S _(i) ={x|x≡i(mod q _(l)),x=0,1, . . . n−1},i=0,1,2, . . . ,q _(l)−1  Mathematical expression 7

To help understanding, a simple example of the mathematical expression 7is expressed in mathematical expression 8 below.

i) when defined as q₁=2S ₀ ={x|x≡0(mod 2),x=0,1, . . . 45}={0,2,4,8, . . . ,42,44}S ₁ ={x|x≡1(mod 2),x=0,1, . . . 45}={1,3,5,7, . . . ,43,45}

ii) when defined as q₂=3S ₀ ={x|x≡0(mod 3),x=0,1, . . . 45}={0,3,6, . . . ,42,45}S ₁ ={x|x≡1(mod 3),x=0,1, . . . 45}={1,4,7, . . . ,40,43}S ₂ ={x|x≡2(mod 3),x=0,1, . . . 45}={2,5,8, . . . ,41,44}

iii) when defined as q₃=4S ₀ ={x|x≡0(mod 4),x=0,1, . . . 45}={0,4,8, . . . ,40,44}S ₁ ={x|X≡1(mod 4),x=0,1, . . . 45}={1,5,9, . . . ,41,45}S ₂ ={x|x≡2(mod 4),x=0,1, . . . 45}={2,6,10, . . . ,38,42}S ₃ ={x|x≡3(mod 4),x=0,1, . . . 45}={3,7,11, . . . ,39,43}  Mathematicalexpression 8

(q₁=In case of definition as 2 sets, q₂=In case of definition as 3 sets,q₃=In case of definition as 4 sets)

In the mathematical expressions 7 and 8, there may be various methodsfor defining q₁ sets. In an embodiment of the disclosure, forconvenience in explanation, examples expressed in the mathematicalexpressions 7 and 8 will be described. However, the scope of thedisclosure is not limited thereto, and in case of generally defining q₁sets, it is not necessary for the respective sets to have the samenumber of entries, but may be properly defined as needed. However, therespective sets S_(i) should always have different entries.

In the base matrix, information on the position of 1 in each row may beexpressed as an index set as expressed in mathematical expression 9.Ind(i)={w(i,j)|j=0,1, . . . ,d _(i)−1}, i=0,1, . . .,N−K−1.  Mathematical expression 9

Here, w(i,j) means a position of a column in which the j-th 1 of thei-th row exists, and d_(i) means the degree of the i-th row.

To help understanding, a simple example of the mathematical expression 9is expressed in mathematical expression 10 below with reference to FIG.5.

$\begin{matrix}{\begin{matrix}{{{Ind}(6)} = \left\{ {w\left( {6,0} \right)} \right.} \\{{= 0},{w\left( {6,1} \right)}} \\{{= 1},{w\left( {6,2} \right)}} \\{{= 13},{w\left( {6,3} \right)}} \\{{= 16},{w\left( {6,4} \right)}} \\{{= 23},{w\left( {6,5} \right)}} \\\left. {= 38} \right\}\end{matrix}\begin{matrix}{{{Ind}(10)} = \left\{ {w\left( {10,0} \right)} \right.} \\{{= 0},{w\left( {10,1} \right)}} \\{{= 1},{w\left( {10,2} \right)}} \\{{= 3},{w\left( {10,3} \right)}} \\{{= 29},{w\left( {10,4} \right)}} \\{{= 33},{w\left( {10,5} \right)}} \\{{= 37},,{w\left( {10,6} \right)}} \\\left. {= 42} \right\}\end{matrix}} & {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu}{expression}\mspace{14mu} 10}\end{matrix}$

Index sets expressed in the mathematical expression 9 may be dividedinto q₁ partial sets satisfying mathematical expression 11 below withouthaving common entries (l=1, 2, . . . , P).R(i,j)={x|x∈Ind(i)∩S _(j)},i=0,1, . . . ,N−K−1, j=0,1, . . . ,q _(l)−1  Mathematical expression 11

Here, S_(j) and Ind(i) are sets respectively defined in the mathematicalexpressions 7 and 9.

It is to be noted that in the mathematical expression 7, for conveniencein explanation, respective sets S_(j) have almost the same number ofentries, and are simply divided based on a modulo operation. However, ingeneral, it does not matter if the numbers of entries are greatlydifferent from each other and if the entries are divided on morecomplicated conditions. However, the different sets S_(j) should bedisjoint without having common entries.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, if the set R(i,j) defined in themathematical expression 11 satisfies conditions of mathematicalexpression 12 below, it is called that the weight distribution of thebase matrix as expressed in the mathematical expression 9 is perfectlybalanced.

Index sets defined in mathematical expression 9 always satisfy thefollowings with respect to j₁≠j₂, (0≤j₁, j₂<q₁)∥R(i,j ₁)|−|R(i,j ₂)∥≤1, i=0,1, . . . ,N−K−1  Mathematical expression 12

In the base matrix satisfying the conditions expressed in themathematical expression 12, it can be known that the idle time isminimized in case where the j-th processors among q₁ block parallelprocessors successively perform the LDPC decoding with respect to thecirculant permutation matrix in a position included in R(i,j).

However, it is difficult to design a base matrix satisfying thecondition expressed in the mathematical expression 12. This is becausein designing a good base matrix, distribution of the number of 1 in eachrow and column of the base matrix or the parity check matrix and thecyclic characteristics on the Tanner graph exert influences as importantfactors. For example, it is very difficult to design a base matrixsatisfying god weight distribution, good cyclic characteristics, andconditions expressed in the mathematical expression 12 at the same time.

Due to the above-described reason, with respect to the conditions on theindex sets defined in the mathematical expression 12, it is called thatthe weight distribution of the base matrix satisfying somewhat easedconditions as expressed in mathematical expression 13 below is weaklybalanced.

Index sets defined in mathematical expression 9 always satisfy thefollowings with respect to j₁≠j₂, (0≤j₁,j₂<q₁)∥R(i,j ₁)|−|R(i,j ₂)∥≤2,i=0,1, . . . ,N−K−1.  Mathematical expression 13

Even in case where the weight distribution of the base matrix satisfyingthe conditions in the mathematical expression 13 is weakly balanced, theidle time is greatly reduced when the LDPC decoding is performed using aplurality of processors. However, it is apparent that this case isinefficient as compared with the perfectly balanced case. In this case,however, due to the eased conditions, it becomes easy to design the basematrix for god parity check matrix based on the encoding performance ofthe LDPC code.

A method is proposed, in which it is somewhat simple to design a goodbase matrix in simultaneous consideration of the perfectly balanced caseand the weakly balanced case, and the idle time can be greatly reducedduring the LDPC decoding using a plurality of processors.

First, index sets defined in the mathematical expression 9 will be newlydefined as in mathematical expression 13 below.Ind(i)={w(i,j)|j=0,1, . . . ,d _(i)−1}, i=0,1, . . .,N−K−1.  Mathematical expression 14

Here, w(i,j) means a position of a column, in which the j-th 1 of thei-th row exists, excluding a column having the degree of 1, and d_(i)means the degree of the i-th row, excluding entries in the column havingthe degree of 1.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, if the set R(i,j) defined in themathematical expression 11 from the index sets defined in themathematical expression 14 satisfies conditions of mathematicalexpression 15 below, it is called that the weight distribution of thebase matrix as expressed in the mathematical expression 9 is stronglybalanced.

Index sets defined in mathematical expression 14 always satisfy thefollowings with respect to j₁≠j₂, (0≤j₁,j₂<q₁).∥R(i,j ₁)|−|R(i,j ₂)∥≤2,i=0,1, . . . ,N−K−1  Mathematical expression 15

In the mathematical expression 15, it is considered that the columnshaving the degree of 1 are excluded from the mathematical expression 14.This is because it is easy to freely allocate the columns having thedegree of 1 to block parallel processors as compared with other columns.The feature of the strongly balancing expressed in the mathematicalexpression 15 will now be described below.

Basically, the strongly balancing expressed in the mathematicalexpression 15 has the similar characteristic to the weakly balancingthat can be expressed as in the mathematical expression 13. However, thestrongly balancing is greatly different from the weakly balancing on thepoint that entry 1 corresponding to a column having the degree of 1 isexcluded in classifying entries 1 of respective rows of the base matrixinto two or more sets or groups. In other words, the strongly balancingmeans maximally uniform allocation of remaining entries 1 excludingentry 1 corresponding to a column having the degree of 1 from each rowto two or more sets in accordance with a predetermined rule. In thiscase, if the difference between the numbers of entries 1 to be allocatedto the two or more sets is equal to or smaller than 2, it is referred toas strongly balancing achieved. Further, in other words, in expressingthe strongly balancing, it means maximally uniform classification ofremaining entries 1 excluding entry 1 corresponding to a column havingthe degree of 1 from each row into two or more groups in accordance witha predetermined rule. In this case, if the difference between thenumbers of entries 1 to be included in the two or more groups is equalto or smaller than 2, it is referred to as strongly balancing achieved.In other words, the strongly balancing of the base matrix means thatremaining entries 1 excluding entry 1 corresponding to a column havingthe degree of 1 from each row can be classified into two or more groupsor sets in accordance with a predetermined rule. In this case, if thedifference between the numbers of entries 1 to be included in therespective groups or sets or the difference between the numbers of theirindexes is equal to or smaller than 2, it is referred to as the basematrix satisfying the strongly balancing condition as expressed in themathematical expression 15. Accordingly, in case where the stronglybalancing condition as expressed in the mathematical expression 15 issatisfied, the strongly balancing has the characteristic that is veryclose to the characteristic of the perfect balancing as defined in themathematical expression 12 through proper allocation of circulantpermutation matrices corresponding to columns having the degree of 1 toprocessors, and thus the idle time of the processors can be greatlyreduced.

FIG. 7 is a diagram of an elementary matrix according to an embodimentof the disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 7, to help understanding, as a detailed embodiment ofthe disclosure, a base matrix illustrated in FIG. 7 will be described.In the base matrix of FIG. 7, it is to be noted that an empty blockmeans that an entry is 0.

The position (i.e., a position of a column block in which the circulantpermutation matrix is positioned in an actual parity check matrix) inwhich 1 exists in each row of FIG. 7 may be summarized based on thecolumn block to be exemplarily expressed as follows (first row starts aszeroth row).

. . .

Row-6: {0, 1, 2, 11, 25, 38}

Row-7: {1, 5, 10, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 32, 39}

Row-8: {0, 1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 13, 28, 34, 40}

Row-9: {0, 1, 6, 7, 12, 26, 37, 41}

Row-10: {0, 1, 3, 9, 11, 14, 28, 42}

Row-11: {0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 27, 31, 43}

. . .

Based on a case where an LDPC decoding is performed with respect to aparity check matrix having the base matrix of FIG. 7 using two blockparallel processors, sets defined in the mathematical expressions 7, 11,and 14 may be summarized to be expressed as in mathematical expression16 below.S ₀ ={x|x≡0(mod 2),x=0,1, . . . 45}S ₁ ={x|x≡1(mod 2),x=0,1, . . . ,45},. . .Ind(6)={0,1,2,11,25},Ind(7)={1,5,10,14,15,19,20,21,32},Ind(8)={0,1,3,4,9,11,13,28,34},Ind(9)={0,1,6,7,12,26,37}Ind(10)={0,1,3,9,11,14,28}Ind(11)={0,1,2,4,5,8,27,31,},. . .R(6,0)={0,2,38},R(6,1)={1,11,25}R(7,0)={10,14,20,32},R(7,1)={1,5,15,19,21}R(8,0)={10,4,28,34},R(8,1)={1,3,9,11,13}R(9,0)={0,6,12,26},R(9,1)={1,7,37}. . .  Mathematical expression 16

Referring to FIG. 7 and the mathematical expression 16, it can beidentified that the base matrix of FIG. 7 satisfies the mathematicalexpression 15, and thus it is the strongly balanced base matrix.Accordingly, it may be considered that the LDPC decoder processesscheduling through two block parallel processors, as shown in FIG. 8, bydividing the circulant permutation matrices included in the respectiverow blocks into circulant permutation matrices corresponding to evencolumn blocks and circulant permutation matrices corresponding to oddcolumn blocks.

FIG. 8 is a diagram of scheduling to perform LDPC decoding using twoblock parallel processors with respect to a parity check matrix havingthe elementary matrix of FIG. 7 according to an embodiment of thedisclosure.

FIG. 8 illustrates an example of scheduling enumerating positions ofblocks corresponding to one circulant permutation matrix processed bythe respective processors in the flow order. For example, processor 0processes row-6 in the order of zeroth, second, and 38^(th) blocks, andthen processes row-7 in the order of 10^(th), 14^(th), 20^(th), and32^(nd) blocks. In this case, it can be identified that the circulantpermutation matrices corresponding to column blocks having the degree of1 are properly arranged in the respective processors. For example, itcorresponds to a case where when the processor-0 processes row-7, thecirculant permutation matrix of the 39^(th) column block is processed.

Referring to FIG. 8, it can be known that the idle time of eachprocessor has been minimized. In case of actually designing the basematrix to satisfy the strongly balancing condition of the mathematicalexpression 15, it becomes easy to design the base matrix almost close tothe perfect balancing condition of the mathematical expression 12.

In case of FIG. 8, a case where the number of block parallel processorsof the LDPC decoder is 2 and a case where the number of the processorsis 4 are simultaneously considered in designing the base matrix. Forexample, on the assumption of 4 processors with respect to the basematrix of FIG. 8, sets defined in the mathematical expressions 7 and 11are summarized again as follows.S ₀ ={x|x≡0(mod 4),x=0,1, . . . 45},S ₁ ={x|x≡1(mod 4),x=0,1, . . . ,45},S ₂ ={x|x≡2(mod 4),x=0,1, . . . 45},S ₃ ={x|x≡3(mod 4),x=0,1, . . . ,45}.. . .R(6,0)={0},R(6,1)={1,25},R(6,2)={2},R(6,3)={11}R(7,0)={20,32},R(7,1)={1,5,21},R(7,2)={10,14},R(7,3)={15,19}R(8,0)={0,4,28},R(8,1)={1,9,13},R(8,2)={34},R(8,3)={3,11}R(9,0)={0,12},R(9,1)={1,37},R(9,2)={6,26},R(9,3)={7}. . .

As described above, in designing the base matrix having the perfectbalanced, weakly balanced, or strongly balanced weight distribution, itcan be known that the design basis of the base matrix is changed inaccordance with the number of block parallel processors beingconsidered. In the embodiment of FIG. 8, the strongly balancingcondition is satisfied simultaneously with respect to a case where twoblock processors are used and a case where four block processors areused.

If q₁ sets are defined in the mathematical expression 7, the basematrices satisfying the balancing condition presented in themathematical expressions 12, 13, and 15 express, for convenience, tosatisfy perfect q₁-balancing, weakly q₁-balancing, and stronglyq₁-balancing, respectively. For example, the base matrix of FIG. 8 maysimultaneously satisfy weakly 2-balancing and weakly 4-balancing, or maysimultaneously satisfy 2-balancing and 4-balancing.

If the number of block parallel processors to be used in the LDPCdecoder is unclear, and respective balancing conditions are satisfied insimultaneous consideration of cases where (q₁, q₂, . . . , q_(P))processors are used, they are expressed as, for convenience, perfect(q₁, q₂, . . . , q_(P))-balancing, weakly (q₁, q₂, . . . ,q_(P))-balancing, and strongly (q₁, q₂, . . . , q_(P))-balancing.

In an embodiment of the disclosure as described above, the sets Si aredivided based on a specific rule, for convenience, using modulo, but arenot limited thereto. The division of Si may be properly irregularlydefined in accordance with the requirements of the system, and thenumber of entries of each set may differ. However, the respective setsSi should have different entries to maintain the disjointcharacteristics.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, as a method for designing a basematrix of another LDPC code to minimize an idle time in case of usingtwo or more block parallel processors, partial windowing-orthogonalconditions will be described.

First, the structure of a base matrix or an exponential matrix suitableto the existing well-known layered decoding will be briefly describedbased on FIGS. 9A to 9C. For reference, FIGS. 9B and 9C are enlargeddiagrams of respective parts divided from the exponential matrix of FIG.9A. Respective parts of FIG. 9A correspond to matrices in which matricescorresponding to drawing reference numerals described for the respectiveparts are combined. Accordingly, one exponential matrix as shown in FIG.9A may be configured through combination of parts as illustrated inFIGS. 9B and 9C.

FIGS. 9A to 9C are diagrams of an exponential matrix according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to FIGS. 9A to 9C, it can be known that the 6^(th), 7^(th),and 8^(th) rows are orthogonal to each other. Here, the orthogonalitymeans that a circulant permutation matrix does not exist in the samecolumn block position in each row. For example, maximally 1 circulantpermutation matrix exists in each column block of the selected 6^(th),7^(th), and 8^(th) rows. In the same manner, the 9^(th), 10^(th),11^(th), and 12^(th) rows are orthogonal to each other, and the 13^(th),14^(th), 15^(th), 16^(th), and 17^(th) rows are also orthogonal to eachother. However, the 12^(th) and 13^(th) rows are not orthogonal to eachother (refer to the 3^(rd) row block).

The orthogonal structure as described above is a structure suitable tothe layered decoding, that is, the decoding based on row parallelprocessors. The row parallel processor generally corresponds to a methodfor performing decoding with respect to the whole row block, andgenerally has a larger size and higher complexity than those of theblock parallel processor, but can perform quick decoding as comparedwith the block parallel processor. In the decoding based on row parallelprocessors, decoding can be performed considering rows having theorthogonal structure as one row, and thus very quick decoding becomespossible. For example, the row parallel processors can perform decodingof the 6^(th), 7^(th), and 8^(th) row blocks having the orthogonalstructure as one row block. The row blocks having the orthogonalstructure may be considered as one row block which is called aneffective row block. The layered decoding is featured so that aplurality of row blocks included in such an effective row block areorthogonal to each other, but the row blocks between the effective rowblocks are not orthogonal to each other. For example, the 12^(th) and13^(th) row blocks are included in different effective row blocks, andthus are not orthogonal to each other.

When the LDPC decoder based on the block parallel processors performsdecoding using two or more processors, a structure that is somewhatdifferent from the above-described orthogonal structure is suitable toincrease the decoding efficiency.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, a partial windowing-orthogonalstructure is proposed. First, a windowing-orthogonal structure will bebriefly described.

If there is a base matrix satisfying p windowing-orthogonal structures,this means that if p row blocks are successively selected, they alwayssatisfy the orthogonal structure. In other words, when selecting thei-th, (i+1)-th, . . . , (i+p−1)-th row blocks, the p row blocks arealways orthogonal to each other. The base matrix having the pwindowing-orthogonal structures as described above provides very highdecoding efficiency during the LDPC decoding based on not only the blockparallel processor but also the row parallel processor. However, this isa very strong limit condition with respect to the base matrix, and thusdeterioration of the encoding performance of the LDPC code may be easilycaused. Accordingly, in the LDPC encoding/decoding system using theparity check matrix structure as shown in FIG. 3, an orthogonalstructure for a plurality of row blocks is not considered normally withrespect to the partial matrix [A B] part, but the orthogonal structureis considered only with respect to the partial matrix of the base matrixcorresponding to the partial matrix [D E] or a part of the [D E] in theparity check matrix of FIG. 3. It can be easily known that theexponential matrix suitable to the layered decoding presented in FIG. 9has the orthogonal structure only with respect to the part correspondingto the partial matrix [D E] of FIG. 3.

However, the orthogonal structure corresponding to the partial matrix [DE] or the part thereof may also greatly restrict the degree distributionof the LDPC code to deteriorate the LDPC encoding performance. In orderto address this issue, the orthogonal structure is not limited withrespect to specific predetermined row blocks. For example, referring tothe base matrix of FIG. 7, no orthogonality is considered for thepartial matrix [D E] with respect to two front column blocks. This maysomewhat lower the decoding efficiency, but greatly improve the encodingperformance. As described above, the orthogonality is considered withrespect to the remaining part excluding specific row blocks (or rows)and column blocks (or columns) in the whole parity check matrix or itsbase matrix, and if the p row blocks are always orthogonal to each otherwhen the i-th, (i+1)-th, . . . , (i+p−1)-th row blocks are selected withrespect to the remaining part, it is called a parity check matrix orbase matrix satisfying the p partial windowing-orthogonal structures.

Referring to FIG. 7, as for the remaining part matrices excluding 6upper rows and two front columns in the base matrix of FIG. 7, twoadjacent rows always have orthogonality. Accordingly, FIG. 7 means thebasic matrix satisfying 2 partial windowing-orthogonal structures.

In summary, if the remaining partial matrix excluding specific rows andcolumns with respect to a given base matrix satisfies the pwindowing-orthogonal structures, it is called that the base matrixsatisfies the p partial windowing-orthogonal structure.

In designing the base matrix satisfying the p partialwindowing-orthogonal structure, in many cases, as shown in FIG. 7, theorthogonality is not considered with respect to the structurecorresponding to [A B] in FIG. 3, and the partial window orthogonalityis considered only with respect to a case corresponding to [D E] andexcluding specific column blocks, but is not limited thereto.

As a result, the apparatus and the method for LDPC encoding and decodingusing the parity check matrix having the base matrix satisfying thebalancing characteristics and the partial windowing-orthogonal structureproposed in an embodiment of the disclosure are featured to improve theencoding performance and to maximize the decoding efficiency based onthe LDPC decoding using two or more block parallel processors.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration oftransmitting/receiving device according to an embodiment of thedisclosure.

Referring to FIG. 7, K_(ldpc) bits may configure K_(ldpc) LDPCinformation word bits I=(i₀, i₁, . . . , i_(K) _(ldpc) ⁻¹) for an LDPCencoder 1010 of a decoding device 1000. The LDPC encoder 1010 mayperform systematic LDPC encoding of K_(ldpc) LDPC information word bits,and may generate an LDPC codeword composed of N_(ldpc) bits Λ=(c0, c1, .. . , c_(Nldpc−1))=(i₀, i₁, . . . , i_(Kldpc−1),p₀, p₁, . . . ,p_(Nldpc−Kldpc−1)).

As described above in the mathematical expression 1, the method for LDPCencoding includes determining a codeword so that a multiplication of theLDPC codeword and the parity check matrix becomes a zero vector.

Referring to FIG. 10, an encoding device includes the LDPC encoder 1010,and the LDPC encoder 1010 may generate an LDPC codeword by performingLDPC encoding with respect to input bits based on the parity checkmatrix or the corresponding exponential matrix or sequence. In thiscase, the LDPC encoder 1010 may perform the LDPC encoding using theparity check matrices differently defined in accordance with the coderate (i.e., a code rate of the LDPC code).

A normal QC LDPC code includes identifying a size of input bits to beencoded, determining a block size Z suitable to the corresponding inputbits, and performing LDPC encoding based on the LDPC matrix and thedetermined block size. A decoding process includes a similar processcorresponding to that as described above.

On the other hand, the encoding device may further include a memory (notillustrated) for storing therein information on a coding rate of an LDPCcode, codeword length, and a parity check matrix, and the LDPC encoder1010 may perform the LDPC encoding using such information. Theinformation on the parity check matrix may be stored as information onexponential values of a circulant matrix in case of using a paritymatrix proposed in an embodiment of the disclosure.

The decoding device 1000 may include an LDPC decoder 1020. The LDPCdecoder 1020 performs LDPC decoding with respect to an LDPC codeworkbased on the parity check matrix or the corresponding exponential matrixor sequence.

For example, the LDPC decoder 1020 may generate information word bits byperforming the LDPC decoding through passing of a log likelihood ratio(LLR) value corresponding to the LDPC codeword bits through an iterativedecoding algorithm.

Here, the LLR value is a channel value corresponding to the LDPCcodeword bits, and may be expressed in various ways.

For example, the LLR value may represent a value obtained by takinglogarithm of a ratio of probabilities that the bit transmitted from atransmitting side through a channel is 0 and 1. Further, the LLR valuemay be a bit value itself determined by hard decision, or may be arepresentative value determined in accordance with a section to whichthe probability that the bit transmitted from the transmitting side is 0or 1.

In this case, the transmitting side may generate the LDPC codeword usingthe LDPC encoder 1010.

In this case, the LDPC decoder 1020 may perform LDPC decoding usingparity check matrices differently defined in accordance with the codingrate (i.e., a coding rate of the LDPC code).

FIG. 11A is a diagram illustrating a structure of a decoding deviceaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure.

On the other hand, as described above, the LDPC decoder 1020 may performthe LDPC decoding using the iterative decoding algorithm, and in thiscase, the LDPC decoder 1020 may be configured as the structure of FIG.11A. However, since the iterative decoding algorithm has already beenknown, the configuration illustrated in FIG. 11A is also.

Referring to FIG. 11A, a decoding device 1100 includes an inputprocessor 1101, a memory 1102, a variable node operator 1104, acontroller 1106, a check node operator 1108, and an output processor1110.

The input processor 1101 stores input values therein. Specifically, theinput processor 1101 may store an LLR value of a received signalreceived through a radio channel.

The controller 1104 determines the number of values input to thevariable node operator 1104, address values of the memory 1102, thenumber of values input to the check node operator 1108, and addressvalues of the memory 1102 based on the block size (i.e., a codewordlength) of the received signal received through the radio channel andthe parity check matrix corresponding to the coding rate.

The memory 1102 stores input data and output data of the variable nodeoperator 1104 and the check node operator 1108.

The variable node operator 1104 receives an input of data from thememory and perform variable node operation in accordance with addressinformation of the input data input from the controller 1106 andinformation on the number of pieces of input data. Thereafter, thevariable node operator 1104 stores the variable node operation resultsin the memory 1102 based on address information of the output data inputfrom the controller 1106 and information on the number of pieces ofoutput data. Further, the variable node operator 1104 inputs thevariable node operation results to the output processor 1110 based onthe data input from the input processor 1101 and the memory 1102.

The check node operator 1108 receives an input of data from the memory1102 and performs check node operation based on the address informationof the input data input from the controller 1106 and the information onthe number of pieces of input data. Thereafter, the check node operator1108 stores the variable node operation results in the memory 1102 basedon address information of the output data input from the controller 1106and information on the number of pieces of output data.

The output processor 1110 performs hard decision on whether theinformation word bits of the codeword on the transmitting side is 0 or 1based on the data input from the variable node operator 1104, and thenoutputs the hard-decision result, so that the output value of the outputprocessor 1110 becomes a finally decoded value.

On the other hand, the decoding device 1100 may further include a memory(not illustrated) for pre-storing information on the coding rate of theLDPC code, codeword length, and parity check matrix, and the LDPCdecoder 1020 may perform the LDPC decoding using such information.However, this is merely various, and the corresponding information maybe provided from the transmitting side.

On the other hand, parts of the configurations included in the decodingdevice 1100 may be omitted, or a partial configuration may be addedthereto. Further, the configurations of the input processor, memory,variable node operator, check node operator, and output processorincluded in the decoding device 1100 may be controlled by the controller1106.

FIG. 11B is a diagram illustrating a structure of an encoding deviceaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure.

The LDPC encoder 1010 may be configured to have a structure asillustrated in FIG. 11B.

Referring to FIG. 11B, the encoding device may be composed of atransceiver 1121, a controller 1122, and a memory 1123. In an embodimentof the disclosure, the controller may be defined as a circuit orapplication-specific integrated circuit or at least one processor.

The transceiver 1121 may transmit and receive signals. The controller1122 may control the operation of the decoding device according to anembodiment of the disclosure. The memory 1122 may store at least one ofinformation transmitted/received through the transceiver 1121 andinformation generated through the controller 1122.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a transmission blockaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 12, <Null> bits may be added to match an informationlength of an LDPC code.

From the foregoing, in the communication and broadcasting systemsupporting the LDPC code having various lengths, the method for applyingvarious block sizes based on a QC-LDPC code has been described.

FIGS. 13A to 13I are diagrams of base matrices satisfying balancing andpartial windowing-orthogonal characteristics proposed according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure. In particular, the base matrix ofFIG. 13A satisfies strongly 2-balancing, and also satisfies 2 partialwindowing-orthogonal characteristics.

Referring to FIGS. 13A to 13I, the base matrix of FIG. 13A has a size of90×112, and in a partial matrix corresponding to 5 upper rows and 27front columns, there is no column having the degree of 1. This meansthat even if any exponential matrix is defined based on the partialmatrix, there is no column or column block having the degree of 1 in theparity check matrix corresponding to the exponential matrix. Further,FIGS. 13B to 13I are enlarged diagrams illustrating respective parts ofthe base matrix of FIG. 13A. FIG. 13A corresponds to a matrix in whichmatrices corresponding to drawing reference numerals described on therespective parts are combined. Accordingly, one parity check matrix canbe configured through combination of the parts of FIGS. 13B to 13I (inthe drawing, it is assumed that the base matrix is divided into 2*4partitions 13 b, 13 c, . . . , 13 i).

The base matrix illustrated in FIG. 13A is further featured so that the28^(th) to 112^(th) columns have the degree of 1. For example, the basematrix having a size of 85×112 and composed of 6^(th) to 90^(th) rows ofthe base matrix of FIG. 13A corresponds to a single parity check code.

In the base matrix of FIG. 13A, 22 first columns correspond toinformation bits for performing encoding. According to circumstances,the information bits are also called code blocks.

As for the position of entry 1 in each row, excluding columns having thedegree of 1 from the base matrix of FIG. 13A, a condition on which adifference between the number of 1 oddly positioned and the number of 1evenly positioned is equal to or smaller than 2 with respect to all rowsis satisfied. For example, if odd and even sets are defined with respectto S1 and S2 as in the mathematical expression 7 and entries 1 of eachrow is classified to match the sets, it can be known that the stronglybalancing characteristic defined in the mathematical expression 15 issatisfied. Further, it can be known that the perfect balancingcharacteristic defined in the mathematical expression 12 is satisfiedwith respect to a partial matrix composed of 5 upper rows and 27 frontcolumns, which does not include columns having the degree of 1 in thebase matrix of FIG. 13A. As described above, the base matrix may bedesigned through combination of different balancing characteristics withrespect to respective partial matrices of the base matrix.

A transmitter generates and transmits a codeword through the paritycheck matrix having the base matrix having the balancing and partialwindowing-orthogonal characteristics as shown in FIG. 13A. In this case,as needed, the codeword may be transmitted by applying puncturing a partof information bits. A receiver performs decoding based on a receivedsignal for the transmitted codeword. In case of performing decodingusing one block parallel processor, decoding is performed in order withrespect to one circulant permutation matrix or circulant matrix. In caseof performing decoding using two block parallel processor, decoding maybe simultaneously performed using two block parallel processors withrespect to the circulant permutation matrix or circulant matrixcorrespond to the group.

FIG. 14A is a diagram of an exponential matrix having a base matrix ofFIG. 13A satisfying balancing and partial windowing-orthogonalcharacteristics proposed according to an embodiment of the disclosure.Accordingly, a parity check matrix corresponding to the exponentialmatrix of FIG. 14A also satisfies strongly 2-balancing with respect torespective column blocks, and also satisfies 2 partialwindowing-orthogonal characteristics with respect to the respective rowblocks.

The exponential matrix of FIG. 14A has a size of 90×112, and in apartial matrix corresponding to 5 upper rows and 27 front columns, thereis no column having the degree of 1. Further, in the exponential matrixof FIG. 14, empty blocks corresponds to a zero matrix having a size ofL×L.

Further, FIGS. 14B to 14I are enlarged diagrams illustrating respectiveparts of the exponential matrix of FIG. 14A according to variousembodiments of the disclosure. FIG. 14A corresponds to a matrix in whichmatrices corresponding to drawing reference numerals described on therespective parts are combined. Accordingly, one exponential matrix canbe configured through combination of the parts of FIGS. 14B to 14I. InFIG. 14A, it is assumed that the base matrix is divided into 2*4partitions 14 b, 14 c, . . . , 14 i.

The exponential matrix illustrated in FIG. 14A is further featured sothat the 28^(th) to 112^(th) columns have the degree of 1 in all. Forexample, the exponential matrix having a size of 85×112 and composed of6th to 90^(th) rows of the exponential matrix of FIG. 14A corresponds toa large number of single parity check codes.

Since each entry of the exponential matrix of FIG. 14A corresponds to anindex of the circulant permutation matrix, the operation of the blockparallel processors is performed in accordance with the size L*L of thecirculant permutation matrix. If two block parallel processors are used,decoding may be performed with respect to respective circulantpermutation matrices corresponding to the defined sets S1 and S2.

The exponential matrix of FIG. 14A may be used for LDPC encoding anddecoding by changing values of entries with respect to various L values.

For example, if it is assumed that the exponential matrix of FIG. 14A isE=(e_(i,j)), and an exponential matrix converted in accordance with an Lvalue is E_(L)=(e_(i,j) ^((L))), the following conversion formula may begenerally applied.

$\begin{matrix}{e_{i,j}^{(L)} = \left\{ {{\begin{matrix}e_{i,j} & {e_{i,j} < 0} \\{f\left( {e_{i,j},L} \right)} & {e_{i,j} \geq 0}\end{matrix}\mspace{14mu}{or}e_{i,j}^{(L)}} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}e_{i,j} & {e_{i,j} \leq 0} \\{f\left( {e_{i,j},L} \right)} & {e_{i,j} > 0}\end{matrix} \right.} \right.} & {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu}{expression}\mspace{14mu} 17}\end{matrix}$

In the mathematical expression 17, f(x,L) may be defined in variousforms, and for example, definitions as in mathematical expression 18below may be used.

$\begin{matrix}{{{f\left( {x,L} \right)} = {{{mod}\left( {x,2^{\lfloor{\log_{2}\mspace{11mu} L}\rfloor}} \right)}\mspace{14mu}{or}}}{{f\left( {x,L} \right)} = {\left\lfloor \frac{x}{2^{D - {\lfloor{\log_{2}\mspace{11mu} L}\rfloor}}} \right\rfloor\mspace{14mu}{or}}}{{f\left( {x,L} \right)} = \left\lfloor {\frac{L}{D}x} \right\rfloor}} & {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu}{expression}\mspace{14mu} 18}\end{matrix}$

In the mathematical expression 18, mod(a,b) means a modulo-b operationfor a, and D means a constant that is a predefined positive integer.

Depending on the system, the base matrix and the exponential matrixshown in FIGS. 13A and 14A may be used as they are, or only partsthereof may be used. For example, matrices composed of 46 upper rows and68 front columns of the base matrix and the exponential matrix of FIGS.13A and 14A may be used for LDPC encoding and decoding in the system asnew base matrix and exponential matrix. In this case, if informationword bits corresponding to x information word blocks are punctured, upto the coding rate 22/(68-x) can be supported without iterativetransmission of the codework bits.

Further, the LDPC encoding and decoding may be applied using a new basematrix that can be obtained by connecting the partial matrix composed of6 upper rows of the base matrix of FIG. 13A and another base matrixcorresponding to the single parity check code having a size of 40×68with each other. In the same manner, the LDPC encoding and decoding maybe applied using a new base matrix obtained by connecting a differentpartial matrix composed of 6 upper rows of the base matrix of FIG. 13Aand the same 7^(th) to 46^(th) rows of the base matrix of FIG. 13A witheach other.

In general, the LDPC code may adjust the coding rate by applyingpuncturing of the codeword bits in accordance with the coding rate. Incase of puncturing the parity bits corresponding to the column havingthe degree of 1, the LDPC code based on the base matrix or theexponential matrix as shown in FIGS. 13A and 14A can perform decodingwithout using the corresponding part in the parity check matrix, andthus decoding complexity can be reduced. However, in case of consideringthe coding performance, the performance of the LDPC code can be improvedthrough adjustment of the puncturing order of the parity bits (ortransmission order of the generated LDPC codewords).

For example, if information word bits corresponding to two front columnsof the exponential matrix corresponding to FIGS. 13A and 14A arepunctured, and the parity bits having the degree of 1 are all punctured,the LDPC codeword can be transmitted in case where the coding rate is22/25. However, if information word bits corresponding to two frontcolumns of the base matrix and the exponential matrix corresponding toFIGS. 13A and 14A are punctured, and the parity bits corresponding tothe 26^(th) column having the degree of 2 are punctured withoutpuncturing the parities corresponding to the 28^(th) column having thedegree of 1 of the exponential matrices, the LDPC codeword can betransmitted with the coding rate of 22/25 in the same manner. However,the latter has a better performance, and the performance can be furtherimproved by applying proper rate matching after generating the LDPCcodeword using the base matrix and the exponential matrix correspondingto FIGS. 13A and 14A. Based on the rate matching, the order of columnsin the exponential matrix may be properly realigned to be applied to theLDPC encoding.

As a detailed embodiment of the disclosure, if the LDPC encoding anddecoding is applied based on the base matrix and the exponential matrixcorresponding to FIGS. 13A and 14A, the following transmission order maybe defined. The following patterns are derived based on a case where theLDPC encoding and decoding is applied based on the partial matrixcomposed of 46 upper rows and 68 front columns in FIGS. 13A and 14A.Further, for convenience, it is considered that the first column is azeroth column, and the last column is the 67^(th) column.

Pattern 1:

2, 3, 4, . . . , 20, 21, 22, 23-A, 26, 24, 27, 23-B, 25, 28, 29, . . . ,67, 0, 1

Pattern 2:

2, 3, 4, . . . , 20, 21, 22, 23-A, 26, 27, 24, 23-B, 25, 28, 29, . . . ,67, 0, 1

The pattern 1 and pattern 2 mean that transmission is made in the orderof codeword bits corresponding to the column corresponding to thepattern order. In other words, the pattern 1 and pattern 2 mean thatpuncturing is applied to the codeword bits in reverse order. In case ofthe pattern 1, for example, in case of applying the puncturing to thecodeword for rate matching, the puncturing is applied for a necessarylength in order, starting from the codeword bits having a size of Zcorresponding to the first column (however, the order of 0 and 1 can bechanged in the pattern 1 and pattern 2).

In the pattern 1 and pattern 2, 23-A and 23-B mean that the codewordbits corresponding to the 23^(rd) column block has been divided into twogroups. For example, 23-A may mean the first ┌Z/2┐ bit of the codewordbits corresponding to the 23^(rd) column group, and 23-B may mean thelast Z-┌Z/2┐ bit of the codeword bits corresponding to the 23^(rd)column group. The division of the bits for 23-A and 23-B is merelyvarious, and they can be divided using various methods (e.g., 23-A isthe ┌Z/2┐ bit, and 23-B is the Z-┌Z/2┐ bit).

As for the transmission order, it is not necessary to performtransmission in the order of codeword bit units corresponding to thecolumn blocks, and for performance improvement, the transmission ordermay differ through division of the codeword bits corresponding to thecolumn blocks into two or more groups. In other words, in order toobtain more superior encoding performance, the transmission order of thecodeword bits corresponding to at least one column block may bedifferently configured.

For reference, transmission in the unit of codeword bits correspondingto the column blocks may mean that codeword bits corresponding toanother column block are not transmitted while codeword bits for onecolumn block are successively transmitted.

Such a rate matching method may be applied using the above-describedpatterns, and a method by the system for performing puncturing from apredetermined position may be applied after performing properinterleaving with respect to the codeword bits. For example, in an LTEsystem, a redundancy version (RV) technique may be used. An example ofthe RV technique will be briefly described as follows.

First, pattern 1 and pattern 2 are respectively changed to pattern 3 andpattern 4.

Pattern 3:

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , 20, 21, 22, 23-A, 26, 24, 27, 23-B, 25, 28, 29, .. . , 67

Pattern 4:

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , 20, 21, 22, 23-A, 26, 27, 24, 23-B, 25, 28, 29, .. . , 67

If the value of RV-0 indicating a transmission start position isconfigured to 2 with respect to the codeword, it is possible toconfigure the puncturing to be taken from the codeword bits for thezeroth and first column blocks in accordance with the coding rate. Here,various initial transmission orders can be determined in accordance withthe RV-0 value, and by properly configuring an RV-I value, it can beapplied to an application technology of the LDPC encoding and decoding,such as HARQ. For example, when transmitting additional parity bitsafter transmitting all codeword bits for the 2^(nd) to 67^(th) columnblocks, the additional codeword bits may be iteratively transmitted,circularly starting from the zeroth and first column blocks, or theadditional codeword bits may be transmitted in various methods inaccordance with RV-I values.

Further, the pattern or interleaving method may be differently appliedin accordance with the modulation order to improve the performance. Forexample, if the coding rate is lower than a specific coding rate R_th, arate matching method corresponding to the first pattern is applied, andif the coding rate becomes higher than R_th, the second pattern that isdifferent from the first pattern may be used (if the coding rate isequal to R_th, the pattern can be selected in accordance with apredetermined method).

The base matrix and the exponential matrix as shown in FIGS. 13A and 14Amay be expressed in various forms, and as an example, they can beexpressed using sequences as expressed in mathematical expressions 19and 20 below (for convenience, they are derived based on a case wherethe LDPC encoding and decoding is applied based on a partial matrixcomposed of 46 upper rows and 68 front columns in FIGS. 13A and 14A).Mathematical expression 19

-   -   0 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 12 15 19 20 22 23    -   0 1 46 10 11 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24    -   0 1 4 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 21 22 24 25    -   1 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 20 21 25 26    -   0 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 11 14 16 17 18 22 26    -   0 1 22 27    -   0 1 4 11 21 22 28    -   1 7 13 14 16 18 19 29    -   0 1 2 3 5 9 10 30    -   0 14 11 12 15 22 31    -   0 1 7 8 16 20 21 32    -   0 1 2 5 17 19 33    -   0 4 6 9 11 22 34    -   1 7 14 16 21 35    -   0 1 2 3 19 24 36    -   0 4 5 9 11 37    -   0 1 7 14 16 22 23 38    -   1 2 18 19 39    -   0 4 5 11 25 40    -   0 1 8 9 21 41    -   0 1 7 14 26 42    -   1 3 16 19 43    -   0 1 2 5 15 44    -   0 4 9 11 13 45    -   1 7 10 14 46    -   0 12 19 22 47    -   0 1 16 20 48    -   06 11 17 49    -   0 2 7 9 50    -   0 1 14 19 24 51    -   0 1 10 13 52    -   1 4 25 53    -   0 5 16 17 54    -   0 1 7 23 55    -   0 1 8 18 56    -   0 1 11 19 26 57    -   0 1 9 15 58    -   0 5 16 23 59    -   1 7 12 60    -   0 1 6 25 61    -   0 3 14 19 62    -   0 11 24 63    -   0 1 20 21 64    -   0 9 16 26 65    -   1 10 13 66    -   0 5 8 67        Mathematical expression 20    -   194 25 92 160 98 244 9 248 178 107 40 245 1 0    -   0 192 118 229 142 157 164 29 235 83 11 129 240 0 0    -   39 140 178 22 76 33 124 230 73 179 57 126 161 45 0 0 0    -   185 186 118 171 240 203 251 148 205 162 233 187 255 10 146 104 0        0    -   149 222 1 69 177 16 117 222 147 247 214 115 134 1 0    -   106 29 13 0    -   195 219 101 126 122 181 0    -   61 185 146 248 148 40 235 0    -   233 133 220 174 15 126 173 0    -   82 208 57 148 211 149 82 0    -   42 19 216 75 79 47 41 0    -   5 74 4 54 76 64 0    -   42 203 53 28 103 20 0    -   8 3 137 35 78 0    -   235 251 120 121 119 112 0    -   86 199 4 89 183 0    -   50 254 126 250 188 59 177 0    -   232 123 74 172 0    -   70 187 249 145 130 0    -   185 20 200 172 28 0    -   60 125 236 255 109 0    -   154 95 29 15 0    -   135 198 228 156 199 0    -   14 162 171 76 13 0    -   96 54 44 112 0    -   84 98 164 19 0    -   24 80 249 74 0    -   57 245 163 90 0    -   68 77 209 203 0    -   55 43 205 141 13 0    -   153 127 230 250 0    -   236 82 74 0    -   140 129 25 168 0    -   87 29 123 139 0    -   67 170 77 161 0    -   228 233 123 217 226 0    -   95 155 233 158 0    -   80 233 121 138 0    -   198 240 227 0    -   175 104 233 2 0    -   28 19 113 218 0    -   75 124 134 0    -   69 72 53 125 0    -   18 61 92 145 0    -   183 218 231 0    -   9 59 196 0

The mathematical expression 19 indicates a position of entry 1 for eachrow in a partial matrix having a size of 46×68 in the base matrix ofFIG. 13A. For example, in the mathematical expression 19, the thirdvalue 5 of the third sequence means that entry 1 exists in the third rowand the fifth column of the base matrix (in the above-described example,it is considered that the start order of the sequence and entry startsfrom 0).

The mathematical expression 20 indicates respective entry values foreach row in a partial matrix having a size of 46×68 in the base matrixof FIG. 14A. For example, in the mathematical expression 20, the thirdvalue 171 of the third sequence means that the third entry value in thethird row in the exponential matrix is 171, and based on FIG. 13A andmathematical expression 19, the third value means that an index of thecirculant permutation matrix corresponding to the third row block andthe fifth column block in the parity check matrix is 171.

If parts of the base matrix and the exponential matrix have a specificrule, the base matrix and the exponential matrix can be expressed moresimply. For example, if the 27^(th) to last column blocks have adiagonal structure, such as the base matrix and the exponential matrixof FIGS. 13A and 14A, it is assumed that entry positions and indexvalues are omitted, but the corresponding rule is known.

As an example, mathematical expression 21 below shows an example inwhich the positions of entries 1 are omitted in the 27^(th) to lastcolumn blocks.Mathematical expression 21

-   -   0 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 12 15 19 20 22 23    -   0 1 4 6 10 11 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24    -   0 1 4 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 21 22 24 25    -   1 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 20 21 25 26    -   0 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 11 14 16 17 18 22 26    -   0 1 22    -   0 1 4 11 21 22    -   1 7 13 14 16 18 19    -   0 1 2 3 5 9 10    -   0 1 4 11 12 15 22    -   0 1 7 8 16 20 21    -   0 1 2 5 17 19    -   0 4 6 9 11 22    -   1 7 14 16 21    -   0 1 2 3 19 24    -   0 4 5 9 11    -   0 1 7 14 16 22 23    -   1 2 18 19    -   0 4 5 11 25    -   0 1 8 9 21    -   0 1 7 14 26    -   1 3 16 19    -   0 1 2 5 15    -   0 4 9 11 13    -   1 7 10 14    -   0 12 19 22    -   0 1 16 20    -   06 11 17    -   0 2 7 9    -   0 1 14 19 24    -   0 1 10 13    -   1 4 25    -   0 5 16 17    -   0 1 7 23    -   0 1 8 18    -   0 1 11 19 26    -   0 19 15    -   0 5 16 23    -   1 7 12    -   0 1 6 25    -   0 3 14 19    -   0 11 24    -   0 1 20 21    -   0 9 16 26    -   1 10 13    -   0 5 8

As described above, the base matrix and the exponential matrix of FIGS.13A and 14A can be expressed in various methods.

Another embodiment of a base matrix satisfying balancing and partialwindowing-orthogonal characteristics proposed in an embodiment of thedisclosure is shown in FIGS. 15A to 15C.

FIGS. 15A to 15C are diagrams illustrating a base matrix having a sizeof 20×47.

Referring to 15A to 15C, in the base matrix of FIGS. 15A to 15C, emptyblocks generally mean 0, and indicate parts corresponding to a zeromatrix having a size of Z×Z in a parity check matrix according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure.

Further, FIGS. 15B to 15C are enlarged diagrams illustrating respectiveparts of the base matrix of FIG. 15A. FIG. 15A corresponds to a matrixin which matrices corresponding to drawing reference numerals describedon the respective parts are combined. Accordingly, one base matrix canbe configured through combination of the parts of FIGS. 15B and 15C.

It can be easily identified that the base matrix of FIG. 15A hasstrongly 2-balancing characteristics and 2 partial windowing-orthogonalstructure. Further, the 28^(th) to 47^(th) columns have the degree of 1in all. In other words, all columns corresponding to the 28^(th) to47^(th) columns of FIG. 15 have the degree of 1 in the parity checkmatrix that can be generated by applying lifting from the base matrix ofFIG. 15A.

Another embodiment of a base matrix for LDPC encoding and decodingsupporting various coding rates and code lengths based on the basematrix satisfying balancing and partial windowing-orthogonalcharacteristics proposed in an embodiment of the disclosure is shown inFIGS. 16A to 16E. FIGS. 16A to 16E are diagrams illustrating a basematrix having a size of 25×47. In the base matrix of FIGS. 16A to 16E,empty blocks generally mean 0, and indicate parts corresponding to azero matrix having a size of Z×Z in a parity check matrix.

FIGS. 16A to 16E are diagrams of other elementary matrices according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to 16A to 16E, FIGS. 16B to 16E are enlarged diagramsillustrating respective parts of the base matrix of FIG. 16A. FIG. 16Acorresponds to a matrix in which matrices corresponding to drawingreference numerals described on the respective parts are combined.Accordingly, one base matrix can be configured through combination ofthe parts of FIGS. 16B to 16E. For reference, FIG. 15B is equal to FIG.16D, and FIG. 15C is equal to FIG. 16E.

The base matrix illustrated in FIG. 16A can be expressed in variousforms, and as an example, it may be expressed using a sequence as inmathematical expression 22 below. The mathematical expression 22indicates a position of entry 1 for each row in the base matrix of FIG.16A. For example, in the mathematical expression 22, the second value 4of the second sequence means that entry 1 exists in the second row andthe fourth column of the base matrix (in the above-described example, itis considered that the start order of entries in the sequence and thematrix starts from 0).Mathematical expression 22

-   -   0 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23    -   0 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 21 22 23 24    -   0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 24 25    -   0 1 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 25    -   0 1 26    -   0 1 3 12 16 21 22 27    -   0 6 10 11 13 17 18 20 28    -   0 1 4 7 8 14 29    -   0 1 3 12 16 19 21 22 24 30    -   0 1 10 11 13 17 18 20 31    -   1 2 4 7 8 14 32    -   0 1 12 16 21 22 23 33    -   0 1 10 11 13 18 34    -   0 3 7 20 23 35    -   0 12 15 16 17 21 36    -   0 1 10 13 18 25 37    -   1 3 11 20 22 38    -   0 14 16 17 21 39    -   1 12 13 18 19 40    -   0 1 7 8 10 41    -   0 3 9 11 22 42    -   1 5 16 20 21 43    -   0 12 13 17 44    -   1 2 10 18 45    -   0 3 4 11 22 46

If a specific rule can be found with respect to parts of the basematrix, the base matrix can be expressed more simply. For example, ifthe 27^(th) to last columns have a diagonal structure, such as the basematrix of FIG. 16A, it is assumed that a transceiver knows thecorresponding rule, and the entry positions or entry values can beomitted. As an example, mathematical expression 23 below shows anexample in which the positions of entries 1 are omitted in the 27^(th)to last column blocks in the mathematical expression 22.Mathematical expression 23

-   -   0 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23    -   0 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 21 22 23 24    -   0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 24 25    -   0 1 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 25    -   0 1    -   0 1 3 12 16 21 22    -   0 6 10 11 13 17 18 20    -   0 1 4 7 8 14    -   0 1 3 12 16 19 21 22 24    -   0 1 10 11 13 17 18 20    -   1 2 4 7 8 14    -   0 1 12 16 21 22 23    -   0 1 10 11 13 18    -   0 3 7 20 23    -   0 12 15 16 17 21    -   0 1 10 13 18 25    -   1 3 11 20 22    -   0 14 16 17 21    -   1 12 13 18 19    -   0 1 7 8 10    -   0 3 9 11 22    -   1 5 16 20 21    -   0 12 13 17    -   1 2 10 18    -   0 3 4 11 22

Mathematical expression 24 indicates a position of entry 1 for eachcolumn in the base matrix of FIG. 16A. For example, in the mathematicalexpression 24, the third value 5 of the third sequence means that entry1 exists in the third row and the fifth column of the base matrix (inthe above-described example, it is considered that the start order ofentries in the sequence and the matrix starts from 0).Mathematical expression 24

-   -   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 17 19 20 22 24    -   0 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 18 19 21 23    -   0 1 2 10 23    -   0 1 3 5 8 13 16 20 24    -   1 2 3 7 10 24    -   0 1 2 21    -   0 2 3 6    -   1 2 3 7 10 13 19    -   1 2 3 7 10 19    -   0 1 2 20    -   0 2 3 6 9 12 15 19 23    -   0 1 3 6 9 12 16 20 24    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 14 18 22    -   0 2 3 6 9 12 15 18 22    -   1 2 3 7 10 17    -   0 1 2 14    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 14 17 21    -   1 2 3 6 9 14 17 22    -   0 2 3 6 9 12 15 18 23    -   0 1 28 18    -   0 2 3 6 9 13 16 21    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 14 17 21    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 16 20 24    -   0 1 11 13    -   1 28    -   23 15    -   4    -   5    -   6    -   7    -   8    -   9    -   10    -   11    -   12    -   13    -   14    -   15    -   16    -   17    -   18    -   19    -   20    -   21    -   22    -   23    -   24

If a specific rule can be found with respect to parts of the basematrix, the base matrix can be expressed more simply. For example, ifthe 27^(th) to last columns have a diagonal structure, such as the basematrix of FIG. 16A, it is assumed that a transceiver knows thecorresponding rule, and the entry positions or entry values can beomitted. As an example, mathematical expression 25 below shows anexample in which the positions of entries 1 are omitted in the 27^(th)to last column blocks in the mathematical expression 24.Mathematical expression 25

-   -   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 17 19 20 22 24    -   0 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 18 19 21 23    -   0 1 2 10 23    -   0 1 3 5 8 13 16 20 24    -   1 2 3 7 10 24    -   0 1 2 21    -   0 2 3 6    -   1 2 3 7 10 13 19    -   1 2 3 7 10 19    -   0 1 2 20    -   0 2 3 6 9 12 15 19 23    -   0 1 3 6 9 12 16 20 24    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 14 18 22    -   0 2 3 6 9 12 15 18 22    -   1 2 3 7 10 17    -   0 1 2 14    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 14 17 21    -   1 2 3 6 9 14 17 22    -   0 2 3 6 9 12 15 18 23    -   0 1 2 8 18    -   0 2 3 6 9 13 16 21    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 14 17 21    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 16 20 24    -   0 1 11 13    -   1 2 8    -   2 3 15

As described above, the base matrix and the exponential matrix can beexpressed in various methods. If permutation of columns or rows isapplied with respect to the base matrix, it is possible to equallyexpress the base matrix and the exponential matrix by properly changingpositions of sequences or numerals in the sequences in the mathematicalexpressions 19 to 25.

In the base matrix of FIG. 16A, the partial matrix composed of the partsin FIGS. 16B and 16C may not satisfy the balancing characteristics orpartial windowing-orthogonal characteristics proposed in an embodimentof the disclosure. However, by connecting the partial matrix composed ofthe parts in FIGS. 16B and 16C and the partial matrix composed of theparts in FIGS. 16D and 16E with each other, it becomes possible tosupport an apparatus and a method for LDPC encoding and decodingsupporting various coding rates and code lengths with more superiorperformance.

For reference, by properly shortening and puncturing parts ofinformation word bits with respect to an LDPC code that can be generatedbased on the base matrix of FIG. 16A, it becomes possible to support theLDPC encoding and decoding with various coding rates and variouslengths. For example, if it is assumed that information word bitscorresponding to two initial columns of the base matrix of FIG. 16A arealways punctured and only bits excluding parity bits corresponding toFIG. 16B are punctured, it is apparent that various coding rates fromthe coding rate 22/25 to 22/45 can be supported from the base matrix ofFIG. 16A.

The LDPC code can adjust the coding rate by applying puncturing of thecodeword bits in accordance with the coding rate. In case of puncturingthe parity bits corresponding to the column having the degree of 1, theLDPC code based on the base matrix or the exponential matrix proposed inan embodiment of the disclosure can perform decoding without using thecorresponding part in the parity check matrix, and thus decodingcomplexity can be reduced. However, in case of considering the codingperformance, the performance of the LDPC code can be improved throughadjustment of the puncturing order of the parity bits or thetransmission order of the generated LDPC codewords.

In general, the performance can be further improved by applying properrate matching after generating the LDPC codeword using the base matrixor the exponential matrix proposed in an embodiment of the disclosure.Based on the rate matching, the order of columns in the base matrix orthe exponential matrix may be properly realigned to be applied to theLDPC encoding and decoding.

The LDPC encoding process may include determining a size of input bits(or code blocks) for applying the LDPC encoding, determining a blocksize Z for applying the LDPC encoding in accordance with the size,determining a proper LDPC exponential matrix or a sequence in accordancewith the block size, and performing LDPC encoding based on the blocksize Z, the determined exponential matrix or LDPC sequence. In thiscase, the LDPC exponential matrix or sequence may be applied to the LDPCencoding without any conversion, and according to circumstances, theLDPC encoding may be performed by properly converting the LDPCexponential matrix or sequence in accordance with the block size Z.

In the same manner, the LDPC decoding process may include determining asize of input bits (or code blocks) for the transmitted LDPC codeword,determining a block size Z for applying the LDPC decoding in accordancewith the size, determining a proper LDPC exponential matrix or asequence in accordance with the block size, and performing LDPC decodingbased on the block size Z, the determined exponential matrix or LDPCsequence. In this case, the LDPC exponential matrix or sequence may beapplied to the LDPC decoding without any conversion, and according tocircumstances, the LDPC decoding may be performed by properly convertingthe LDPC exponential matrix or sequence in accordance with the blocksize Z.

Here, the base matrix for the LDPC exponential matrix or sequence may befeatured to be the base matrix of FIG. 15A, 16A, or 17A to be describedhereinafter.

Another embodiment of a base matrix for LDPC encoding and decodingsupporting various coding rates and code lengths based on the basematrix satisfying balancing and partial windowing-orthogonalcharacteristics proposed in an embodiment of the disclosure is shown inFIGS. 17A to 17J.

FIGS. 17A to 17J are diagrams of other elementary matrices according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to FIGS. 17A to 17J, FIG. 17A is a diagram illustrating a basematrix having a size of 46×68. In the base matrix of FIGS. 17A to 17J,empty blocks generally mean 0, and indicate parts corresponding to azero matrix having a size of Z×Z in a parity check matrix.

Further, FIGS. 17B to 17J are enlarged diagrams illustrating respectiveparts of the base matrix of FIG. 17A. FIG. 17A corresponds to a matrixin which matrices corresponding to drawing reference numerals describedon the respective parts are combined. Accordingly, one base matrix canbe configured through combination of the parts of FIGS. 17B to 17J. Forreference, FIGS. 16B and 17B are equal to each other, FIGS. 16C and 17Dare equal to each other, FIGS. 15B, 16D, and 17D are equal to eachother, and FIGS. 15C, 16E, and 17E are equal to each other.

In general, if parts in FIGS. 17F, 17G, and 17I are configured as zeromatrices and parts in FIG. 17J are configured as identity matrices ormatrices having a diagonal structure, the whole base matrix structurehas an extended form without being greatly different from that of FIGS.16A to 16E, and thus code connection is facilitated.

Further, if each row of FIG. 17H has the orthogonal characteristics, itis easy to implement a decoder supporting high decoding throughput.

As a result, the base matrix of FIGS. 17A to 17J can support morevarious coding rates as compared with the base matrix of FIG. 16A usingthe base matrix of FIG. 17H in which each row has the orthogonalcharacteristics while maintaining the extended form against the basematrix of FIGS. 16A to 16E.

Although FIGS. 16A and 17A illustrate only a case where the base matrixof FIG. 15A is used as it is, it is general to realign the order ofcolumns of the base matrix of FIG. 15A, to realign the order of rows, orto realign the order of columns and rows. Further, by connecting therealigned base matrix to that of FIGS. 16B and 16C, a new base matrix inthe form as shown in FIG. 16A may be used for the LDPC encoding anddecoding method and apparatus. For example, by applying the realignedbase matrix to that of FIGS. 16D and 16E, a new base matrix in thesimilar form to that of FIG. 16A can be generated.

In the same manner, by connecting the realigned base matrix to that ofFIGS. 17B and 17C, a new base matrix in the form as shown in FIG. 17Amay be used for the LDPC encoding and decoding method and apparatus. Forexample, by applying the realigned base matrix to that of FIGS. 17D and17E, a new base matrix in the similar form to that of FIG. 17A can begenerated.

Although FIG. 17A illustrates only a case where the base matrix of FIG.16A is used as it is, it is general to realign the order of columns ofthe base matrix of FIG. 16A, to realign the order of rows, or to realignthe order of columns and rows. Further, by applying the realigned basematrix to that of FIGS. 17B, 17C, 17D, and 17E, a new base matrix in aform similar to that of FIG. 17A may be applied to the LDPC encoding anddecoding method and apparatus. As described above, by applying the basematrix of FIG. 16A to that of FIG. 17A, an example of a base matrix ispresented through the LDPC sequence expressed in the mathematicalexpression 26.

The mathematical expression 26 indicates a position of entry 1 for eachrow in the base matrix, and as shown in FIG. 17A, it may be expressed inthe form of the LDPC base matrix. As the base matrix corresponding tomathematical expression 26, parts in FIGS. 17F, 17G, and 17I areconfigured as zero matrices, and parts in FIG. 17J are configured asidentity matrices. FIG. 17H shows an example of a base matrix in whicheach row has the orthogonal characteristics. Further, the base matrixexpressed in the mathematical expression 26 can be expressed in variousforms through a method similar to that expressed in the mathematicalexpressions 23 to 25.Mathematical expression 26

-   -   0 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23    -   0 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 21 22 23 24    -   0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 24 25    -   0 1 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 25    -   0 1 26    -   0 1 3 12 16 21 22 27    -   0 6 10 11 13 17 18 20 28    -   0 1 4 7 8 14 29    -   0 1 3 12 16 19 21 22 24 30    -   0 1 10 11 13 17 18 20 31    -   1 2 4 7 8 14 32    -   0 1 12 16 21 22 23 33    -   0 1 10 11 13 18 34    -   0 3 7 20 23 35    -   0 12 15 16 17 21 36    -   0 1 10 13 18 25 37    -   1 3 11 20 22 38    -   0 14 16 17 21 39    -   1 12 13 18 19 40    -   0 1 7 8 10 41    -   0 3 9 11 22 42    -   1 5 16 20 21 43    -   0 12 13 17 44    -   1 2 10 18 45    -   0 3 4 11 22 46    -   1 6 7 14 47    -   0 2 4 15 48    -   1 6 8 49    -   0 4 19 21 50    -   1 14 18 25 51    -   0 10 13 24 52    -   1 7 22 25 53    -   0 12 14 24 54    -   1 2 11 21 55    -   0 7 15 17 56    -   1 6 12 22 57    -   0 14 15 18 58    -   1 13 23 59    -   0 9 10 12 60    -   1 3 7 19 61    -   0 8 17 62    -   1 3 9 18 63    -   0 4 24 64    -   1 16 18 25 65    -   0 7 9 22 66    -   1 6 10 67

In general, in case of supporting a variable information word length orvariable code rate using shortening or zero padding of the LDPC code,the performance of the LDPC code can be improved in accordance with theshortening order. If the shortening order is predetermined, the encodingperformance can be improved by properly realigning the order of a partor the whole of the given base matrix.

An example of the realigned base matrix as described above isillustrated in FIGS. 18A to 18E. In the base matrix of FIGS. 18A to 18E,empty blocks generally mean 0, and indicate parts corresponding to azero matrix having a size of Z×Z in a parity check matrix.

FIGS. 18A, 18B, 18C, 18D, and 18E are diagrams of other elementarymatrices according to various embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 18A, it can be easily known that the base matrix ofFIG. 18A has a structure in which the order of the 7^(th) column and the21^(st) column of FIG. 15A (if it is considered that the initial columnis zeroth column, 6^(th) column and 20^(th) column) is changed andrealigned and then connected to the parts of FIGS. 16B and 16C.

The base matrix of FIG. 18A is merely an example of a base matrix thatcan be obtained by realigning the columns of FIG. 15A, and a new basematrix may be defined in accordance with the performance improvementeffect or various purposes. Further, by substituting FIG. 18B for FIG.17B, FIG. 18C for FIG. 17C, FIG. 18D for FIG. 17D, and FIG. 18E for FIG.17E, respectively, a new base matrix having a similar form to that ofFIG. 17A can be generated.

The base matrix illustrated in FIG. 18A can be expressed in variousforms, and as an example, they can be expressed using sequences asexpressed in mathematical expression 27. The mathematical expression 27indicates a position of entry 1 for each row in the base matrix of FIG.18A.Mathematical expression 27

-   -   0 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23    -   0 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 21 22 23 24    -   0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 24 25    -   0 1 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 25    -   0 1 26    -   0 1 3 12 16 21 22 27    -   0 6 10 11 13 17 18 20 28    -   0 1 4 7 8 14 29    -   0 1 3 12 16 19 21 22 24 30    -   0 1 6 10 11 13 17 18 31    -   1 2 4 7 8 14 32    -   0 1 12 16 21 22 23 33    -   0 1 10 11 13 18 34    -   0 3 6 7 23 35    -   0 12 15 16 17 21 36    -   0 1 10 13 18 25 37    -   1 3 6 11 22 38    -   0 14 16 17 21 39    -   1 12 13 18 19 40    -   0 1 7 8 10 41    -   0 3 9 11 22 42    -   1 56 16 21 43    -   0 12 13 17 44    -   1 2 10 18 45    -   0 3 4 11 22 46

If a specific rule can be found with respect to parts of the basematrix, the base matrix can be expressed more simply. For example, ifthe 27th to last columns have a diagonal structure, such as the basematrix of FIG. 18A, it is assumed that a transceiver knows thecorresponding rule, and the entry positions or entry values can beomitted. As an example, mathematical expression 28 below shows anexample in which the positions of entries 1 are omitted in the 27th tolast column blocks in the mathematical expression 27.Mathematical expression 28

-   -   0 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23    -   0 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 21 22 23 24    -   0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 24 25    -   0 1 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 25    -   0 1    -   0 1 3 12 16 21 22    -   0 6 10 11 13 17 18 20    -   0 1 4 7 8 14    -   0 1 3 12 16 19 21 22 24    -   0 1 6 10 11 13 17 18    -   1 2 4 7 8 14    -   0 1 12 16 21 22 23    -   0 1 10 11 13 18    -   0 3 6 7 23    -   0 12 15 16 17 21    -   0 1 10 13 18 25    -   1 3 6 11 22    -   0 14 16 17 21    -   1 12 13 18 19    -   0 1 7 8 10    -   0 3 9 11 22    -   1 5 6 16 21    -   0 12 13 17    -   1 2 10 18    -   0 3 4 11 22

As described above, the base matrix and the exponential matrix can beexpressed in various methods. If permutation of columns or rows of apartial matrix is applied to the base matrix or a part of the basematrix, a new base matrix can be defined by properly changing thesequence or positions of numerals in the sequence expressed in themathematical expressions 19 to 28.

As another embodiment of the disclosure, a method for applying aplurality of exponential matrices or LDPC sequences based on the basematrix of FIG. 18A is proposed. In other words, the base matrix is asillustrated in FIG. 18A, an exponential matrix or a sequence of the LDPCcode is obtained on the base matrix, and a variable length LDPC encodingand decoding is performed by applying lifting to match the block sizeincluded in each block size group from the exponential matrix orsequence. In other words, base matrices of a parity check matrixcorresponding to the exponential matrix or sequence of a plurality ofdifferent LDPC codes are equal to each other. According to this method,entries or numerals constituting the exponential matrix of the LDPC codeor LDPC sequence may have different values, but positions of thecorresponding entries or numerals accurately coincide with each other.As described above, the exponential matrices or sequences of the LDPCcode mean indexes of circulant permutation matrices, that is, a kind ofcirculant permutation values for the bits, and by configuring thepositions of the entries or numerals to be equal to each other, thepositions of the bits corresponding to the corresponding circulantpermutation matrix can be easily grasped.

First, the block size Z to be supported is divided into a plurality ofblock size groups (or sets) as expressed in mathematical expression 20below. It is to be noted that the block size Z is a value correspondingto the size Z×Z of the circulant permutation matrix or circulant matrixin the parity check matrix of the LDPC code.Z1={3,6,12,24,48,96,192,384}Z2={11,22,44,88,176,352}Z3={5,10,20,40,80,160,320}Z4={9,18,36,72,144,288}Z5={2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256}Z6={15,30,60,120,240}Z7={7,14,28,56,112,224}Z8={13,26,52,104,208}  Mathematical expression 29

The mathematical expression 29 is merely various, and all block size Zvalues included in the block size group of the mathematical expression29 may be used, or block size values included in a proper partial matrixas expressed in mathematical expression 30 below. Further, proper valuesmay be added to the block size group (set) expressed in the mathematicalexpression 29 or 30 to be used.Z1′={12,24,48,96,192,384}Z2′={11,22,44,88,176,352}Z3′={10,20,40,80,160,320}Z4′={9,18,36,72,144,288}Z5′={8,16,32,64,128,256}Z6′={15,30,60,120,240}Z7′={14,28,56,112,224}Z8′={13,26,52,104,208}  Mathematical expression 30

The block size groups expressed in the mathematical expression 29 or 30are featured so that they have different particle sizes and the ratiosof neighbor block sizes are all equal integers. In other words, thesizes of the blocks included in one group are in a divisor or multiplerelationship with each other. If it is assumed that the exponentialmatrices corresponding to the p-th p (p=1, 2, . . . , 8) group areE_(P)=(e_(i,j) ^((p))), and the exponential matrices corresponding to Zvalues included in the p-th group is E_(P)(Z)=(e_(i,j)(Z)), a sequenceconversion method expressed in the mathematical expression 17 is appliedusing f_(P)(x,Z)=x(modZ). For example, if the block size Z is determinedas Z=28, respective entries e_(i,j)(28) of the exponential matrixE₇(28)=(e_(i,j)(28)) for Z=28 can be obtained as in mathematicalexpression 31 below with respect to the exponential matrix E₇=(e_(i,j)⁽⁷⁾) corresponding to the 7^(th) block size group in which z=28 isincluded.

$\begin{matrix}{{e_{i,j}(28)} = \left\{ {{\begin{matrix}e_{i,j}^{(7)} & {e_{i,j}^{(7)} \leq 0} \\{e_{i,j}^{(7)}\left( {{mod}\mspace{14mu} 28} \right)} & {e_{i,j}^{(7)} > 0}\end{matrix}{or}{e_{i,j}(28)}} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}e_{i,j}^{(7)} & {e_{i,j}^{(7)} < 0} \\{e_{i,j}^{(7)}\left( {{mod}\mspace{14mu} 28} \right)} & {e_{i,j}^{(7)} \geq 0}\end{matrix} \right.} \right.} & {{Mathematical}\mspace{14mu}{expression}\mspace{14mu} 31}\end{matrix}$

The conversion as expressed in the mathematical expression 31 may besimply expressed as in mathematical expression 32 below.E _(p)(Z)=E _(p)(mod Z), Z∈Z _(p)  Mathematical expression 32

The base matrix of the LDPC code and the exponential matrix (or LDPCsequence) designed based on the mathematical expressions 29 to 32 areshown in FIGS. 19 to 26. For reference, although explanation has beenmade on the assumption that lifting or conversion of the exponentialmatrix expressed in the mathematical expression 17, 31, or 32 is appliedto the whole exponential matrix corresponding to the parity checkmatrix, it can be applied to a part of the exponential matrix. Forexample, it is general that the partial matrix corresponding to theparity bits of the parity check matrix has a special structure forefficient encoding. In this case, the encoding method or complexity maybe changed due to the lifting. Accordingly, in order to maintain thesame encoding method or complexity, with respect to a part of theexponential matrix for the partial matrix corresponding to the parity inthe parity check matrix, the lifting may not be applied, or a differentlifting from the lifting method applied to the exponential matrix forthe partial matrix corresponding to information word bits may beapplied. In other words, the lifting method applied to the sequencecorresponding to the information word bits in the exponential matrix andthe lifting method applied to the sequence corresponding to the paritybits may be differently configured, and according to circumstances, thelifting is not applied to a part or the whole of the sequencecorresponding to the parity bit, and thus a fixed value may be usedwithout sequence conversion.

Embodiments of exponential matrices corresponding to the parity checkmatrix of the QC LDPC code designed based on the mathematicalexpressions 29 to 32 are successively illustrated in FIGS. 19A and 20A(it is to be noted that in the exponential matrix of FIGS. 19A and 20A,empty blocks are parts corresponding to zero matrices having the size ofZ×Z. According to circumstances, in the exponential matrix of FIGS. 19Aand 20A, empty blocks can be expressed as specified values, such as −1and the like). The exponential matrices of the LDPC code illustrated inFIGS. 19A and 20A are featured to have the same base matrix as that ofFIG. 18A.

FIGS. 19A and 20A illustrate LDPC exponential matrices having a size of25×47, and respectively correspond to first and second block size groupsexpressed in the mathematical expressions 29 and 30. Further, in apartial matrix composed of 4 upper rows and 26 front columns in eachexponential matrix, there is no column having the degree of 1. In otherwords, in the parity check matrix that can be generated by applying thelifting from the partial matrix, there is no column or column blockhaving the degree of 1.

FIGS. 19A to 19E are diagrams of other exponential matrices according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to FIGS. 19A to 19E, FIGS. 19B to 19E are enlarged diagramsillustrating respective parts of the exponential matrix of FIG. 19A.FIG. 19A corresponds to a matrix in the drawing corresponding to drawingreference numerals described on the respective parts. Accordingly, onebase matrix can be configured through combination of the parts of FIGS.19B to 19E.

FIGS. 20A to 20E are diagrams of other exponential matrices according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to FIGS. 20A to 20E, FIG. 20A is an enlarged diagramillustrating respective parts after dividing the respective exponentialmatrices.

The exponential matrix illustrated in FIGS. 19A and 20A is furtherfeatured so that the 28^(th) to 47^(th) columns have the degree of 1 inall. For example, the base matrix or the exponential matrix having asize of 21×47 and composed of 5^(th) to 25^(th) rows of the exponentialmatrices corresponds to a large number of single parity check codes.

The exponential matrices illustrated in FIGS. 19A and 20A correspond tothe LDPC code designed based on the block size group defined in themathematical expression 29 or 30. However, in accordance with the systemrequirements, it is not necessary to support all block sizes included inthe block size group, and according to circumstances, other values maybe added in addition to the block size illustrated in FIGS. 19 and 20.For example, the exponential matrices illustrated in FIGS. 19 and 20 cansupport not only the block size corresponding to the block size group(set) defined in the mathematical expression 29 or 30 but also the blocksize corresponding to the subset of the respective groups (sets), andaccording to circumstances, other values can be supported.

Further, depending on the system, the exponential matrices illustratedin FIGS. 10A and 20A may be used as they are, or only a part thereof maybe used. For example, the partial matrix having a size of 5×27 composedof 5 upper rows and 27 front columns of the respective exponentialmatrices of FIGS. 19A and 20A is excluded, and the LDPC exponentialmatrix having a size of 5×27 that is different from the partial matrixand the partial matrix having a size of 20×47 composed of the 6^(th) tolast rows of the respective exponential matrices of FIGS. 19A and 20Aare connected with each other to be used in the LDPC encoding anddecoding apparatus and method based on a new base matrix.

Since the LDPC exponential matrices of FIGS. 19A and 20A have the samebase matrix of FIG. 18A, they may be applied to and used in a new basematrix in a similar form to that of FIG. 17A that can be obtained bysubstituting FIG. 18B for FIG. 17B, FIG. 18C for FIG. 17C, FIG. 18D forFIG. 17D, and FIG. 18E for FIG. 17E, respectively. For example, bymaking the exponential matrices of FIGS. 19A and 20A correspond to thepartial matrices corresponding to FIGS. 17B, 17C, 17D, and 17E andmaking proper exponential matrices correspond to FIGS. 17F, 17G, 17H,17I, and 17J, new LDPC index matrices are defined to be used in the LDPCencoding and decoding apparatus and method. In this case, all LDPC indexmatrices have the base matrix of FIG. 17A, and the partial matricescorresponding to FIGS. 17B, 17C, 17D, and 17E in the base matrix becomeequal to those of FIG. 18A.

In general, the LDPC encoding and decoding may be performed by applyingthe partial matrix configured by properly selecting rows and columnsfrom the base matrices of FIGS. 15A, 16A, 17A, and 18A as new basematrices. In the same manner, the partial matrices configured byproperly selecting rows and columns from the exponential matrices ofFIGS. 19A and 20A may be applied as base matrices to the LDPC encodingand decoding apparatus and method.

FIGS. 21A to 21J are diagrams of other elementary matrices according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to FIGS. 21A to 21J, another embodiment of the base matrix andthe exponential matrix (or LDPC sequence) of the LDPC code designedbased on the mathematical expressions 29 to 32 is illustrated in FIGS.21A, 22A, and 23A. This embodiment proposes a method for applying aplurality of exponential matrices or LDPC sequences based on the basematrix of FIG. 21A is proposed. In other words, the base matrix is asillustrated in FIG. 21A, an exponential matrix or a sequence of the LDPCcode is obtained on the base matrix, and a variable length LDPC encodingand decoding is performed by applying lifting to match the block sizeincluded in each block size group from the exponential matrix orsequence. In other words, base matrices of the parity check matrixcorresponding to the exponential matrix or sequence of a plurality ofdifferent LDPC codes are equal to each other. According to this method,entries or numerals constituting the exponential matrix of the LDPC codeor LDPC sequence may have different values, but positions of thecorresponding entries or numerals accurately coincide with each other.As described above, the exponential matrices or sequences of the LDPCcode mean indexes of circulant permutation matrices, that is, a kind ofcirculant permutation values for the bits, and by configuring thepositions of the entries or numerals to be equal to each other, thepositions of the bits corresponding to the corresponding circulantpermutation matrix can be easily grasped.

FIGS. 22A to 22J are diagrams of other exponential matrices according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to FIGS. 22A to 22J, embodiments of exponential matricescorresponding to the parity check matrix of the QC LDPC code designedbased on the mathematical expressions 29 to 32 are successivelyillustrated in FIGS. 22A and 23A (it is to be noted that in theexponential matrix of FIGS. 22A and 23A, empty blocks are partscorresponding to zero matrices having the size of Z×Z. According tocircumstances, in the exponential matrix of FIGS. 22A and 23A, emptyblocks can be expressed as specified values, such as −1 and the like).The exponential matrices of the LDPC code illustrated in FIGS. 22A and23A are featured to have the same base matrix as that of FIG. 21A.

FIGS. 22A and 23A illustrate LDPC exponential matrices having a size of46×68, and respectively correspond to fifth and sixth block size groupsexpressed in the mathematical expressions 29 and 30. Further, FIGS. 22Bto 22J are enlarged diagrams illustrating respective parts of theexponential matrix of FIG. 22A. FIG. 22A corresponds to a matrix in thedrawing corresponding to drawing reference numerals described on therespective parts. Accordingly, one base matrix can be configured throughcombination of the parts in FIGS. 22B to 22J.

FIGS. 23A to 23J are diagrams of other exponential matrices according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to FIGS. 23A to 23J, FIG. 23A is an enlarged diagramillustrating respective parts after dividing the respective exponentialmatrices. For reference, FIG. 23E is equal to FIG. 22E, FIG. 23H isequal to FIG. 22H, and FIG. 23F is equal to FIG. 22F. Further, FIG. 23Iis equal to FIG. 22I, FIG. 23G is equal to FIG. 22, and FIG. 23J isequal to FIG. 22J.

The exponential matrices illustrated in FIGS. 22A and 23A correspond tothe LDPC code designed based on the block size groups defined in themathematical expression 29 or 30. However, in accordance with the systemrequirements, it is not necessary to support all block sizes included inthe block size group, and according to circumstances, other values maybe added in addition to the block size expressed in the mathematicalexpression 29 or 30.

For example, the exponential matrices illustrated in FIGS. 22A and 23Acan support not only the block size corresponding to the block sizegroup (set) defined in the mathematical expression 29 or 30 but also theblock size corresponding to the subset of the respective groups (sets),and according to circumstances, other values can be supported.

Further, depending on the system, the exponential matrices illustratedin FIGS. 22A and 23A may be used as they are, or only a part thereof maybe used. For example, by making the base matrix of FIGS. 22A and 23A orthe remaining partial matrix excluding 21 lower rows and 21 rear columnscorrespond to FIGS. 17B, 17C, 17D, and 17E and making another matrix orLDPC sequence correspond to FIGS. 17F, 17G, 17H, 17I, and 17J, the LDPCencoding and decoding apparatus and method may be used through the basematrix in a similar form to that of FIG. 17 or the exponential matrix.

In general, the LDPC encoding and decoding may be performed by applyingthe partial matrix configured by properly selecting rows and columnsfrom the base matrix of FIG. 21A as a new base matrix or exponentialmatrix. In the same manner, the partial matrices configured by properlyselecting row blocks and column blocks from the exponential matrices ofFIGS. 22A and 23A may be applied as new exponential matrix to the LDPCencoding and decoding apparatus and method.

For reference, the base matrix for the LDPC encoding and decodingexpressed as a sequence in the mathematical expression 26 may beexpressed as in the mathematical expression 33 or 34.

The mathematical expression 33 means an LDPC sequence that can be usedif it is assumed that the positions of entries or their index values areomitted but the corresponding rule is known in case where the 27^(th) tolast column blocks, such as the base matrix, have a diagonal structure.As an example, the mathematical expression 33 shows an example in whichthe location of entry 1 is omitted in the 27^(th) to last column blocks.

Mathematical expression 33

-   -   0 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23    -   0 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 21 22 23 24    -   0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 24 25    -   0 1 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 25    -   0 1    -   0 1 3 12 16 21 22    -   0 6 10 11 13 17 18 20    -   0 1 4 7 8 14    -   0 1 3 12 16 19 21 22 24    -   0 1 10 11 13 17 18 20    -   1 2 4 7 8 14    -   0 1 12 16 21 22 23    -   0 1 10 11 13 18    -   0 3 7 20 23    -   0 12 15 16 17 21    -   0 1 10 13 18 25    -   1 3 11 20 22    -   0 14 16 17 21    -   1 12 13 18 19    -   0 1 7 8 10    -   0 3 9 11 22    -   1 5 16 20 21    -   0 12 13 17    -   1 2 10 18    -   0 3 4 11 22    -   1 67 14    -   0 24 15    -   1 6 8    -   0 4 19 21    -   1 14 18 25    -   0 10 13 24    -   1 7 22 25    -   0 12 14 24    -   1 2 11 21    -   07 15 17    -   1 6 12 22    -   0 14 15 18    -   1 13 23    -   0 9 10 12    -   1 3 7 19    -   0 8 17    -   1 3 9 18    -   0 4 24    -   1 16 18 25    -   0 7 9 22    -   1 6 10

Mathematical expression 34 indicates a position of entry 1 for the basematrix expressed in the mathematical expression 26. For convenience, themathematical expression 34 is an example in which a position of entry 1is omitted in the 27^(th) to last column blocks, and from the 28^(th)column, one sequence may be added and expressed in the order of 4, 5, 6,. . . .

Mathematical expression 34

-   -   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 17 19 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34        36 38 40 42 44    -   0 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 18 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37        39 41 43 45    -   0 1 2 10 23 26 33    -   0 1 3 5 8 13 16 20 24 39 41    -   1 2 3 7 10 24 26 28 42    -   0 1 2 21    -   0 2 3 6 25 27 35 45    -   1 2 3 7 10 13 19 25 31 34 39 44    -   1 2 3 7 10 19 27 40    -   0 1 2 20 38 41 44    -   0 2 3 6 9 12 15 19 23 30 38 45    -   0 1 3 6 9 12 16 20 24 33    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 14 18 22 32 35 38    -   0 2 3 6 9 12 15 18 22 30 37    -   1 2 3 7 10 17 25 29 32 36    -   0 1 2 14 26 34 36    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 14 17 21 43    -   1 2 3 6 9 14 17 22 34 40    -   0 2 3 6 9 12 15 18 23 29 36 41 43    -   0 1 28 18 28 39    -   0 2 3 6 9 13 16 21    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 14 17 21 28 33    -   0 1 3 5 8 11 16 20 24 31 35 44    -   0 1 11 13 37    -   1 2 8 30 32 42    -   2 3 15 29 31 43

FIGS. 24A to 24J are diagrams of other elementary matrices according tovarious embodiments of the disclosure.

Referring to FIGS. 24A to 24J, the base matrix for the LDPC encoding anddecoding expressed as a sequence in the mathematical expression 26 maybe illustrated as in FIG. 24A. The matrix of FIG. 24 illustrates thebase matrix having a size of 46×68. Further, FIGS. 24B to 24J areenlarged diagrams illustrating respective parts of the exponentialmatrix of FIG. 24. FIG. 24A corresponds to a matrix in the drawingcorresponding to drawing reference numerals described on the respectiveparts are combined. Accordingly, one base matrix can be configuredthrough combination of the parts in FIGS. 24B to 24J. For reference,FIGS. 24E, 24H, 24F, 24I, 24G, and 24J are equal to FIGS. 21E, 21H, 21F,21I, 21G, and 21J, and thus they are omitted in FIG. 24A.

While the disclosure has been shown and described with reference tovarious embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled inthe art that various changes in form and details may be made thereinwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as definedby the appended claims and their equivalents.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of channel encoding in a communicationsystem or a broadcasting system performed by an apparatus that includesa transceiver and at least one processor coupled with the transceiver,the method comprising: identifying, by the at least one processor, ablock size; identifying, by the at least one processor, a parity checkmatrix corresponding to the block size based on a base matrix; andperforming, by the at least one processor, an encoding procedure basedon the parity check matrix, wherein a column index corresponds to anon-zero element in a row of the base matrix, and a plurality of rows ofthe base matrix have following values as column indices: 0, 1, 3, 12,16, 21, 22, and 27 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 6, 10, 11, 13,17, 18, 20, and 28 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 4, 7, 8,14, and 29 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 3, 12, 16, 19, 21,22, 24, and 30 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 10, 11, 13, 17,18, 20, and 31 for a row of the plurality of rows, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14,and 32 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 12, 16, 21, 22, 23, and33 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 10, 11, 13, 18, and 34 fora row of the plurality of rows, 0, 3, 7, 20, 23, and 35 for a row of theplurality of rows, 0, 12, 15, 16, 17, 21, and 36 for a row of theplurality of rows, 0, 1, 10, 13, 18, 25, and 37 for a row of theplurality of rows, 1, 3, 11, 20, 22, and 38 for a row of the pluralityof rows, 0, 14, 16, 17, 21, and 39 for a row of the plurality of rows,1, 12, 13, 18, 19, and 40 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 7,8, 10, and 41 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 3, 9, 11, 22, and42 for a row of the plurality of rows, 1, 5, 16, 20, 21, and 43 for arow of the plurality of rows, 0, 12, 13, 17, and 44 for a row of theplurality of rows, 1, 2, 10, 18, and 45 for a row of the plurality ofrows, and 0, 3, 4, 11, 22, and 46 for a row of the plurality of rows. 2.The method of claim 1, wherein the block size is selected based onfollowing block size groups: Z1={3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384},Z2={11, 22, 44, 88, 176, 352}, Z3={5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320}, Z4={9,18, 36, 72, 144, 288}, Z5={2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256}, Z6={15, 30,60, 120, 240}, Z7={7, 14, 28, 56, 112, 224}, and Z8={13, 26, 52, 104,208}.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the parity check matrix isidentified based on the non-zero element in the base matrix beingreplaced by a second matrix.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein thesecond matrix is identified as an identity matrix or a circularlyshifted matrix of the identity matrix based on a modulo operation of theblock size to an element of a predetermined matrix.
 5. A method ofchannel decoding in a communication system or a broadcasting systemperformed by an apparatus that includes a transceiver and at least oneprocessor coupled with the transceiver, the method comprising:identifying, by the at least one processor, a block size; identifying,by the at least one processor, a parity check matrix corresponding tothe block size based on a base matrix; and performing, by the at leastone processor, a decoding procedure based at least in part on the paritycheck matrix, wherein a column index corresponds to a non-zero elementin a row of the base matrix, and a plurality of rows of the base matrixhave following values as column indices, 0, 1, 3, 12, 16, 21, 22, and 27for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 6, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, and 28for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 4, 7, 8, 14, and 29 for a rowof the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 3, 12, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, and 30 for arow of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, and 31 for arow of the plurality of rows, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, and 32 for a row of theplurality of rows, 0, 1, 12, 16, 21, 22, 23, and 33 for a row of theplurality of rows, 0, 1, 10, 11, 13, 18, and 34 for a row of theplurality of rows, 0, 3, 7, 20, 23, and 35 for a row of the plurality ofrows, 0, 12, 15, 16, 17, 21, and 36 for a row of the plurality of rows,0, 1, 10, 13, 18, 25, and 37 for a row of the plurality of rows, 1, 3,11, 20, 22, and 38 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 14, 16, 17,21, and 39 for a row of the plurality of rows, 1, 12, 13, 18, 19, and 40for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 7, 8, 10, and 41 for a row ofthe plurality of rows, 0, 3, 9, 11, 22, and 42 for a row of theplurality of rows, 1, 5, 16, 20, 21, and 43 for a row of the pluralityof rows, 0, 12, 13, 17, and 44 for a row of the plurality of rows, 1, 2,10, 18, and 45 for a row of the plurality of rows, and 0, 3, 4, 11, 22,and 46 for a row of the plurality of rows.
 6. The method of claim 5,wherein the block size is selected based on following block size groups:Z1={3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384}, Z2={11, 22, 44, 88, 176, 352},Z3={5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320}, Z4={9, 18, 36, 72, 144, 288}, Z5={2,4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256}, Z6={15, 30, 60, 120, 240}, Z7={7, 14, 28,56, 112, 224}, and Z8={13, 26, 52, 104, 208}.
 7. The method of claim 5,wherein the parity check matrix is identified based on the non-zeroelement in the base matrix being replaced by a second matrix.
 8. Themethod of claim 7, wherein the second matrix is identified as anidentity matrix or a circularly shifted matrix of the identity matrixbased on a modulo operation of the block size to an element of apredetermined matrix.
 9. An apparatus for channel encoding in acommunication system or a broadcasting system, the apparatus comprising:a transceiver; and at least one processor coupled with the transceiverand configured to: identify a block size, identify a parity check matrixcorresponding to the block size based on a base matrix, and perform anencoding procedure based on the parity check matrix, wherein a columnindex corresponds to a non-zero element in a row of the base matrix, anda plurality of rows of the base matrix have following values as columnindices, 0, 1, 3, 12, 16, 21, 22, and 27 for a row of the plurality ofrows, 0, 6, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, and 28 for a row of the plurality ofrows, 0, 1, 4, 7, 8, 14, and 29 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0,1, 3, 12, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, and 30 for a row of the plurality of rows,0, 1, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, and 31 for a row of the plurality of rows,1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, and 32 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 12,16, 21, 22, 23, and 33 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 10, 11,13, 18, and 34 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 3, 7, 20, 23, and35 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 12, 15, 16, 17, 21, and 36 fora row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 10, 13, 18, 25, and 37 for a rowof the plurality of rows, 1, 3, 11, 20, 22, and 38 for a row of theplurality of rows, 0, 14, 16, 17, 21, and 39 for a row of the pluralityof rows, 1, 12, 13, 18, 19, and 40 for a row of the plurality of rows,0, 1, 7, 8, 10, and 41 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 3, 9, 11,22, and 42 for a row of the plurality of rows, 1, 5, 16, 20, 21, and 43for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 12, 13, 17, and 44 for a row ofthe plurality of rows, 1, 2, 10, 18, and 45 for a row of the pluralityof rows, and 0, 3, 4, 11, 22, and 46 for a row of the plurality of rows.10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the block size is selected basedon following block size groups: Z1={3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384},Z2={11, 22, 44, 88, 176, 352}, Z3={5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320}, Z4={9,18, 36, 72, 144, 288}, Z5={2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256}, Z6={15, 30,60, 120, 240}, Z7={7, 14, 28, 56, 112, 224}, and Z8={13, 26, 52, 104,208}.
 11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the parity check matrix isidentified based on the non-zero element in the base matrix beingreplaced by a second matrix.
 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein thesecond matrix is identified as an identity matrix or a circularlyshifted matrix of the identity matrix based on a modulo operation of theblock size to an element of a predetermined matrix.
 13. An apparatus forchannel decoding in a communication system or a broadcasting system, theapparatus comprising: a transceiver; and at least one processor coupledwith the transceiver and configured to: identify a block size, identifya parity check matrix corresponding to the block size based on a basematrix; and perform a decoding procedure based at least in part on theparity check matrix, wherein a column index corresponds to a non-zeroelement in a row of the base matrix, and a plurality of rows of the basematrix have following values as column indices, 0, 1, 3, 12, 16, 21, 22,and 27 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 6, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20,and 28 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 4, 7, 8, 14, and 29 fora row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 3, 12, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, and 30for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, and 31for a row of the plurality of rows, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, and 32 for a rowof the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 12, 16, 21, 22, 23, and 33 for a row ofthe plurality of rows, 0, 1, 10, 11, 13, 18, and 34 for a row of theplurality of rows, 0, 3, 7, 20, 23, and 35 for a row of the plurality ofrows, 0, 12, 15, 16, 17, 21, and 36 for a row of the plurality of rows,0, 1, 10, 13, 18, 25, and 37 for a row of the plurality of rows, 1, 3,11, 20, 22, and 38 for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 14, 16, 17,21, and 39 for a row of the plurality of rows, 1, 12, 13, 18, 19, and 40for a row of the plurality of rows, 0, 1, 7, 8, 10, and 41 for a row ofthe plurality of rows, 0, 3, 9, 11, 22, and 42 for a row of theplurality of rows, 1, 5, 16, 20, 21, and 43 for a row of the pluralityof rows, 0, 12, 13, 17, and 44 for a row of the plurality of rows, 1, 2,10, 18, and 45 for a row of the plurality of rows, and 0, 3, 4, 11, 22,and 46 for a row of the plurality of rows.
 14. The apparatus of claim13, wherein the block size is selected based on following block sizegroups: Z1={3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384}, Z2={11, 22, 44, 88, 176,352}, Z3={5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320}, Z4={9, 18, 36, 72, 144, 288},Z5={2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256}, Z6={15, 30, 60, 120, 240}, Z7={7,14, 28, 56, 112, 224}, and Z8={13, 26, 52, 104, 208}.
 15. The apparatusof claim 13, wherein the parity check matrix is identified based on thenon-zero element in the base matrix being replaced by a second matrix.16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the second matrix is identifiedas an identity matrix or a circularly shifted matrix of the identitymatrix based on a modulo operation of the block size to an element of apredetermined matrix.